A heated debate broke out between the AAP and the BJP over the new excise policy in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday, with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claiming that the opposition was “bothered by withholding its Rs 3,500 crore earnings through commission”. Leader of Opposition Ramveer Singh Bidhuri challenged that either BJP would stop liquor contracts in residential areas or he would quit politics.
He alleged that 90 percent of the liquor contracts being opened under the new policy violate the Delhi Master Plan. The BJP MLA said in the House, “I take oath of Lord Ram that I will get liquor shops closed in residential areas or leave politics.”
Sisodia said that with the new excise policy, the revenue from sale of liquor in Delhi has increased from Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 9,500 crore. Under Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership, the Delhi government shut down 3,977 illicit liquor shops in Delhi, he said, adding, “The new policy stopped theft of Rs 3,500 crore which earlier went to BJP leaders. “Now this money has been added to the revenue of the Delhi government,” the deputy chief minister said.
He dubbed the Delhi Development Authority’s master plan a ‘commission plan’ and a ‘disaster plan’, aimed at preventing people from legally opening shops in almost half of Delhi. BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar said, “Those opposing privatization have privatized liquor shops. gathering in Delhi,” he said.
As the ruling party and the opposition raged over the issue, the Speaker of the Assembly ordered the ouster of BJP MLA Vijender Gupta as he interrupted Chief Whip Dilip Pandey when he was defending the policy. Sisodia alleged that the new liquor Before the policy, illegal liquor shops were being run. In about 80 wards of Delhi “under the protection of BJP leaders in connivance with municipal corporations and police”. “The new liquor policy has increased excise revenue to Rs 9,500 crore and theft of Rs 3,500 crore has stopped.” he claimed.
Sisodia claimed that in Bihar and Gujarat, where liquor is banned, “the revenue of about Rs 10,000 crore that the Gujarat government should have got is being earned by the BJP leaders there. Bihar is also doing the same.” After AAP came to power, the Kejriwal government took several steps to improve the sale of liquor. “We have rotated the duties of masquerade inspectors in different areas and stopped paying bribes in their transfers. With this simple change, the revenue increased from Rs 3,400 crore to Rs 4,238 crore in a year. By 2018 this has increased to Rs 5,200 crore.
He said that compared to BJP-ruled states, Delhi will have around one liquor store per 30,000 people, which is less than one liquor store for every 11,000 people in Bengaluru, one for every 2,000 people in Gurgaon, Ghaziabad. There is one more shop for every 3,000 people. For 1,541 people in Noida. Minister Satyendar Jain said that four corporations of the Delhi government run liquor contracts under the old policy. “We asked the excise department to withdraw the sale of liquor from the corporations. Now the revenue has increased by Rs 3,500 crore.
Under the new excise policy, the Delhi government has privatized retail liquor sales allotting 849 bends across the city through a tender process. It has stopped the sale of retail liquor. On Tuesday, the assembly was adjourned sine die.
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