Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti, who has been demanding a liquor ban in Madhya Pradesh, has expressed the possibility of an attack on her. She reached the liquor shop located in Bhopal's Ayodhya bypass late on Monday evening and got the curtains installed in front of the shop removed.
After this, she sat there for some time by putting a chair. Local people, especially women, also gathered. During the demonstration, she surrounded the administration.
Uma said, the Ahatas are not legally allowed in liquor shops, but with the consent of the local administration, they are open. She accused of corruption in this and people are making money illegally by allowing Ahatas to operate.
Uma Bharti said, there is a liquor shop and Ahata in front of Durga Temple and Hanuman Temple in Ayodhya Bypass. This shop was closed after my intervention, but the owner went to court and took a stay. She said that she has been asking the government to close this shop for the last six months.
Later, in a staement, Uma has leveled serious allegation on the administration for allowing Ahatas to operate in the state. She said that the administration is violating the Motor Vehicles Act by serving alcohol in Ahatas and letting them drive vehicles back home in an intoxicated state.
She further said that people visiting bar attached hotels have facility of drivers or can hire a taxi, whereas people consuming liquor in Ahatas are those who drive their own vehicles.