Govt does not want dance bars to shut down: Raj

July 20, 2013

The Maharashtra government does not really want the dance bars to shut down, MNS president Raj Thackeray said today, reacting to the Supreme Court's ruling which quashed the ban on dance bars in Mumbai.

"Elections are near. The bar owners have lots of money. May be that is why minor (halke) people were appointed (to represent the government) in the court," Raj said.