Sisodia also alleged that the saffron party has ties to the liquor mafia. In a statement, the deputy chief minister said the BJP has “age-old ties” with Delhi's liquor mafia and they were “looting” Rs 3,500 crore of people's money to fill their pockets.
Reacting to the protest, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said BJP leaders are "rattled" as the new excise policy aims to curb illegal liquor sale. The protest near the Akshardham temple was led by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta.
Delhi's new excise policy aims to curb illegal liquor sale, the government says, however, BJP in the Union Territory has staged a 'Chakka Jam' protest saying that new liquor shops are being opened near religious places.
According to the police, some local level elected representatives had come to submit a memorandum to the chief minister and picked up a quarrel when they were stopped at a distance from the dais.
The plea, filed through advocate S P Sharma, said a liquor shop has been opened at the main road of Kanhaiya Nagar in Tri Nagar, adjacent to the residence of one of the petitioners while other petitioners are also living in the same locality.
As per the latest excise policy, no wine and beer shop is permitted to be opened within 100 metres of any major educational institutions, religious places, and hospitals with fifty beds and above, the plea filed through Adv. Abhay Kumar pointed out, seeking the court's directions in this regard to respondents
The Delhi Congress workers on Wednesday staged a protest outside the liquor vendors here, claiming the new excise policy would turn the capital into "Nashe Ki Rajdhani".
The changes to the tax regime will now take into account a drink's strength as opposed to what type of drink it is and are part of the biggest overhaul in more than 140 years.
The move comes as part of Delhi government’s liquor sector reforms in accordance with the Delhi Excise Policy 2021.
However, the wait is not over yet as the government is yet to issue the terms and conditions to implement it.
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Doctors confirmed that the deaths were due to the complications caused by sanitiser consumption.
The woman claimed that she has been drinking for 35 years and never required any medicine and urged the government to keep liquor stores open during the lockdown.
The woman poured petrol on herself and her husband, who, drenched in fuel, fled the scene
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a new excise policy lowering the minimum age for consumption of liquor to 21 years from 25 years,
Prior to this, the age limit to consume alcohol in the national capital was 25 years.
Deputy commissioner Ranjeet Singh said the absence of 2D bar-code on the bottle will be treated as 'non duty paid liquor' and action will be taken.
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