New Delhi: Delhi Congress workers on Wednesday protested outside the hall Liqour here, claiming the new excise policy will transform the capital into a “Nashe Ki Rajdhani”.
Protest, held outside vends in SITA RAM Bazar, see Delhi Congress workers holding placards against the government’s tax policy liberalization AAP, which allows “three springboard liquor” in each ward for the easy availability of liquor.
New excise policy, which hit the market town on Wednesday, marking the end of nearly 600 stores state-run liquor operates throughout the national capital.
The liquor business will now be handled entirely by private players.
“They closed the store milk and open vends liquor.
The decision anti-people have to liberalize the tax policy, which allows the sale of liquor in a residential area, it will destroy the entire Delhi and turn it into a ‘Nashe Ki Rajdhani’,” said former MLA ANIL BHARDWAJ, Chairman of the Department of Communication Delhi Congress.
“We, the Congress, will not let this happen and do not allow new liquor vends to be opened here,” he said.
He also criticized the decision of lowering the drinking age of 21 with the new policy, said that instead of providing employment opportunities to the unemployed youth, AAP government asks them to consume liquor.
In accordance new excise policy, which was put into the public domain in July of this year, oral liquor will be arranged in 32 zones throughout the city.
One licensee will have 27 retail liquor store per zone.
Appropriate policies are changed, the city will have a magnificent 850 liquor store where customers will be allowed to choose their brand because they are in the shopping center.
Delhi BJP, under the leadership of its president adesh Gupta, also a demonstration of the new liquor policy at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.