New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Parliament on Thursday passed 'The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill' with the Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stating that the bill encourages e-sports and online social games while prohibiting harmful online money gaming services, advertisements, and financial transactions related to them.

He slammed the opposition parties for disrupting proceedings over their demand for discussion on the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar. Rajya Sabha passed the bill on Thursday after it was passed by Lok Sabha a day earlier.

"We have always been ready for discussion. The Opposition doesn't believe in democracy and the Constitution. Attacking constitutional institutions, bypassin...