India’s former general secretary of the Samajwadi party and current Rajya Sabha member of parliament, Amar Singh, wants answers and he wants them soon. According to an exclusive report in GLaws, Singh has put Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union Minister for Law and Justice, against the ropes in order to publicly state if the Law Commission of India has proposed legalized betting and gambling in the country.

Prasad is expected to answer the question tomorrow. He will also have to provide details of any proposal, as well as any action that the Law Commission suggests be taken by India’s government with respect to the proposal. Singh’s questions are part of a “starred question” system that requires responses be given.

This past July two other members of parliament from Rajya Sabha – Jose K. Mani of the Kerala Congress and Vijila Sathyananth from the AIADMK – also posed starred questions on the subject of gambling and betting. Since the topic is being raised once again, it would appear that not much headway has been made.

At the time, the Law Commission had delivered its report on the subject, called the “Legal Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting including in Cricket in India,’ to Prasad. Prasad only said that the recommendations were “under consideration” by the government and there was virtually no more movement.