New Delhi: Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government failed to open ration shops and is now opening liquor shops across the city. Taking part in the signature campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi against the new excise policy of the Arvind Kejriwal government, the MP from New Delhi said that allowing the opening of private liquor shops will affect the revenue of the Delhi government. Will have.
Lekhi told reporters, “The Kejriwal government has neither opened any new ration shop nor issued new ration cards, but is opening liquor shops all over the city. It will have harmful effects as it will break the families of people trapped by alcohol addiction.” BJP’s Delhi unit president Adarsh Gupta said his party workers have been opposing the AAP government’s excise policy for several weeks and will continue to oppose it till it is withdrawn.
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Gupta said, “The people of Delhi are unhappy with this policy of opening 850 liquor shops across the city in the name of equitable distribution. Is there any need to do this? Why doesn’t the Kejriwal government work for equitable distribution of water, improving health and education and cleaning the Yamuna river?”
He said that under the campaign led by the Mahila Morcha of the BJP, the signatures of 15 lakh people would be taken in the coming eight to 10 days. Gupta said the list of signatures would be handed over to the President of India and he would be requested to intervene to roll back the Delhi government’s excise policy.