Delhi Congress launched a campaign "SharabNahiRozgarDo", demanding jobs for the youth. Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said that the campaign will be run on all social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. "The Arvind Government's new liberalised Exise Policy, including lowering of the liquor consumption age from 25 to 21 years, will make Delhi "Nashe Ki Rajdhani," he said.
Kumar said that the latest Covid restrictions have robbed lakhs of youth of their jobs and shrunk the the job market but the liquor vend network has expanded hugely as Delhi now boasts of 849 liquor shops, with at least three liquor shops in every ward.
"It is shocking to learn that Delhi's 18 Assembly constituencies, which together had only five liquor shops earlier, have now 216 liquor vends, as shops have been allowed to open everywhere, flouting all norms, rules and regulations," he said.
Kumar also said that late Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi, empowered the youth by giving them voting rights but Arvind has given them drinking rights at a very young age.
Congress workers keep protesting against the opening of liquor shops in residential areas, near educational institutions and places of worship, and forced the closure of many such
shops.