Uttar Pradesh government has brought a new excise policy for 2024-2025. Yogi government has set a target of collecting revenue of more than Rs 50 thousand crore in the new excise policy. The excise policy will become effective from April 1, 2024.
The Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to extend the time period for sale of liquor on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Orders have also been issued regarding this. According to the order, on December 24 and December 31, 2023, all retail shops will open from 10 am to 11 pm. Therefore, now permission has been given to open liquor shops for a total of 13 hours. Now politics has also intensified on this. SP said that the UP government’s emphasis is on the sale of liquor to create a one trillion economy.
Let us tell you that Uttar Pradesh government has brought a new excise policy for 2024-2025. Yogi government has set a target of collecting revenue of more than Rs 50 thousand crore in the new excise policy. The excise policy will become effective from April 1, 2024. In the order issued by the Excise Commissioner, it has been said that the time for sale of liquor has been extended by one hour.
On the other hand, Gujarat government has given permission to sell and consume liquor in Gift City located in Gandhinagar. Regarding this, the people of Surat are demanding permission to sell and consume liquor in entire Gujarat. Not only men, but women too are making this demand. The people of Surat have welcomed the Gujarat government’s permission to drink and sell liquor in the Gift City of Gandhinagar, but the politics regarding both the changes seems to be heating up. Therefore the opposition is attacking the state government.
SP spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand said that the cabinet of UP government has given consent to sell liquor in railways and metro and now the timing of liquor has been extended. This shows that the government’s emphasis is on the sale of liquor to create a one trillion economy. Today the jawan of the state is roaming on the streets and protesting for a job. Contract workers are struggling and the government is preparing to increase the sale of liquor. This government order is questionable and reveals its intention.
At the same time, Congress leader Surendra Rajput said that on one hand, in the state of a saint like CM Yogi, there is talk of extending the period of liquor sale, while on the other hand, in Bapu’s Gujarat, preparations are being made to create a liquor state in the name of Gift City. He said that BJP will have to tell whether it wants to make the country drug-free among the youth or is pushing it towards that.
