After Delhi government decided to revert back to the old liquor policy of retail sale, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is threatening shopkeepers with ED and CBI probe in order to make money from illegal shops, reported news agency ANI.
"BJP are threatening shopkeepers, officers with ED and CBI, they want legal liquor shops to be closed in Delhi and earn money from illegal shops. We've decided to stop the new liquor policy and ordered to open govt liquor shops," Sisodia was quoted as saying by ANI.
While speaking to the media, the deputy CM hailed the new excise policy it had started on sale of Liquor and said it was brought to weed out corruption.
"We brought a new liquor policy to stop corruption. Before that government used to get around Rs 6,000 Cr revenue from 850 liquor shops. But, after the new policy, our govt would have got more than Rs 9,000 Cr with the same number of shops," Sisodia added.
The Aam Admi Party (AAP) government has decided to go back to the old excise policy of retail sale of liquor for a period of six months as it is working to streamline a new policy, reported PTI.
The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for two-month periods each, will expire on July 31.
Earlier the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi had recommended a CBI probe into the implementation of the new excise policy of the government.
He also asked the Delhi chief secretary to conduct investigation into the participation of excise department personnel in the alleged anomalies, as well as an allegation of cartelisation in the bidding for retail liquor licences.