A large number Congress workers and leaders held a protest outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Civil Lines, demanding the withdrawal of the “liberalised” excise policy of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government.
The new liquor policy will not only destroy the unemployed youth of Delhi and push up crime rates, but will also ruin economically stressed out families, who are yet to recover from the ravages inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Chairman of the Communications Department Anil Bhardwaj said.
The gherao was held at the direction of DPCC president Anil Kumar, and the Congress workers carried placards with slogans such as “Nayi Sharab Neeti Wapas Lo, Wapas Lo”, “Kejriwal Yuvanko Sharab Nahi, Rojgar Do”, etc.
Bhardwaj said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been making loud announcements in Punjab that he would make the State “Nasha Mukth”, has made Delhi “Nashe Ki Rajdhani” by opening 3-4 liquor vends in every ward, for a total number of 849 liquor vends all over Delhi.
He said that to make impressionable young boys addicted to liquor, the liquor shops were offering various schemes like “buy one, get one free”, which has been attracting flocks of liquor consumers to liquor vends. The Congress leader said that in 2014, Kejriwal had accused the Congress Government of colluding with officials and the liquor mafia in the allotment of new liquor shops, to mislead the people.