Annoyed by the decision taken by State Government for changing foreign liquor policy, a delegation of the veteran leaders led by the leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Ajay Bhatt met Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi in Dehradun on Friday.
In a memorandum submitted to Chief Electoral Officer, Bhatt lamented that Congress-led State Government has purposely changed the foreign liquor policy with an aim to gain the attention of the voters.Bhatt also alleged that Foreign liquor-2 (Fl-2) was purposely passed by the State Government to support only two liquor selling companies.
He also highlighted Fl-2 policy was passed when the model code of conduct is being implemented ahead of parliamentary elections in the state and the policy will come to enact from the month of June, this year. According to him, recently passed Fl-2 will also increase chances of bootlegging across the state. Bhatt also urged CEO to take stringent action into this matter. Bhatt also alleged that the Congress-led state government is continuously violating the model code of conduct in the state. Madan Kaushik, Munna Singh Chauhan, Dhan Singh Rawat and Naresh Bansal were also present.