<p class="title">Senior BJP leader Vijay Goel on Thursday demanded a ban on lottery in the country, saying it is a social evil and hurts the poor the most.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raising the matter during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Goel said single digit lottery has been banned and now even multi-digit number lotteries too should be banned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the lottery is a social evil and poor people suffer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goel said all parties should support his demand. Several members across the House associated themselves with the suggestion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his Zero Hour mention, BJP member Ashok Bajpai suggested a national-level policy to preserve Sanskrit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He rued the rich ancient language was disappearing from the country and one of the reasons was a shortage of Sanskrit teachers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raising the issue of death of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, K T S Tulsi (nominated) highlighted a huge shortage of doctors in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said that a large number of quacks were active in rural parts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">L Hanumanthaiah (Congress) talked about the state of prisons in the country, citing data of the National Crime Records Bureau.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TMC member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy asked the Centre to approve the resolution of the West Bengal Assembly to rename the state as Bangla.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, in his special mention, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked the government to look into rules made under Compensatory Afforestation Act. He said there were three major flaws in the rules</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress member P L Punia demanded implementation of reservation provisions in the newly introduced lateral entry recruitment system in the central government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh Poddar of the BJP asked the Centre to help the Rajasthan government arrange finances for the project linking Brahmani river with the Bisalpur dam. </p>
<p class="title">Senior BJP leader Vijay Goel on Thursday demanded a ban on lottery in the country, saying it is a social evil and hurts the poor the most.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raising the matter during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Goel said single digit lottery has been banned and now even multi-digit number lotteries too should be banned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the lottery is a social evil and poor people suffer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goel said all parties should support his demand. Several members across the House associated themselves with the suggestion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his Zero Hour mention, BJP member Ashok Bajpai suggested a national-level policy to preserve Sanskrit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He rued the rich ancient language was disappearing from the country and one of the reasons was a shortage of Sanskrit teachers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raising the issue of death of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, K T S Tulsi (nominated) highlighted a huge shortage of doctors in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said that a large number of quacks were active in rural parts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">L Hanumanthaiah (Congress) talked about the state of prisons in the country, citing data of the National Crime Records Bureau.</p>.<p class="bodytext">TMC member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy asked the Centre to approve the resolution of the West Bengal Assembly to rename the state as Bangla.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, in his special mention, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked the government to look into rules made under Compensatory Afforestation Act. He said there were three major flaws in the rules</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress member P L Punia demanded implementation of reservation provisions in the newly introduced lateral entry recruitment system in the central government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh Poddar of the BJP asked the Centre to help the Rajasthan government arrange finances for the project linking Brahmani river with the Bisalpur dam. </p>