Kejriwal govt silent on liquor scam, diverting public attention: Delhi BJP

The Delhi BJP on Saturday accused the AAP government of being silent on the alleged liquor scam and trying to divert public attention from the matter

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2 min read Last Updated : Sep 03 2022 | 8:37 PM IST

The Delhi BJP on Saturday accused the AAP government of being silent on the alleged liquor scam and trying to divert public attention from the matter.

No immediate reaction was available from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the allegations.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta claimed the Arvind Kejriwal government is not answering the questions asked by the BJP and the people, and is indulging in all kind of "drama" to divert attention from the scam in Excise Policy 2021-22.

"The recent special session of Delhi Assembly was nothing but an attempt by the AAP government to divert attention of people from the liquor scam. Not a single issue concerning people was discussed in the five day-session, he alleged.

The Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the city government in July following a CBI probe recommended by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, who also holds the excise portfolio, have asserted that there was no scam in the policy.

Sisodia, an accused in a FIR registered by the CBI in the matter, has also claimed that he was given a clean chit by the probe agency.

Gupta said both Kejriwal and Sisodia have not clarified the reasons behind the withdrawal of the excise policy.

He said the dispensation has also maintained silence on why its revenue decreased under the Excise Policy 2021-22.

"Under the old excise policy, the city's liquor sale was 132 lakh litres per month and the government's revenue was Rs 5,068 crore. In the Excise Policy 2021-22, the monthly liquor sale doubled to around 245 lakh litres, but the revenue fell to Rs 4,465 crore," he claimed citing a RTI reply.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Sep 03 2022 | 8:37 PM IST

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