New Delhi . The Delhi government on Monday announced major changes in the excise policy. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia told that the legal age of drinking alcohol in Delhi will now be 21 years. People younger than this will not be allowed to enter a place where alcohol is found. However, the legal drinking age in Delhi was 25 years. Not only this, he told that there will be no liquor government shop in Delhi.
Deputy CM said, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has taken a big decision to clamp down on the liquor mafia in Delhi. By changing the excise policy of Delhi, all those factors are being removed due to which the liquor mafia is able to run its illegal business.
The legal age to drink in Delhi will now be 21. There will be no government liquor stores in Delhi. No new liquor shops will be opened in the national capital: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia pic.twitter.com/F5TZun0t4V
— ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2021
What happened?
Sisodia said, there will be uniform distribution of liquor in Delhi but no new shops will be opened. Apart from this, there will be no government liquor store in Delhi. To check the quality of liquor in Delhi, the government will create its own international system of quality checks.
Kejri wants lots of money for his self promo full page/ half page ads in HT and other news papers. It does not matter if involves making Indians drunkards from young age. Has got liquor shops opened in family shopping markets like Naraina Indl Area shopping complex near Payal Cinema. Ethics and morality can go to hell.