The Delhi authorities banned the gross sales of liquor within the nationwide capital as a consequence of upcoming meeting elections. The Delhi Excise Division ordered the closure of liquor outlets and different institutions serving alcohol within the metropolis from February 3 to five – the voting day – and on February 8 when the outcomes of the elections can be introduced.
A gazette notification issued not too long ago by the Delhi excise commissioner declared “dry days” beneath Excise Guidelines-2010 for varied excise licenses on the day of voting to the 70-member Delhi Meeting and the counting day.
Dry days in Delhi in two phases
“It’s ordered that dry days shall be noticed (throughout 48 hours ending with the hour mounted for conclusion of the ballot) from 6 pm of February 3 to six pm of February 5, and once more on February 8 being the counting day on account of Meeting polls.
“Throughout the dry days, no liquor outlets, lodges, eating places, golf equipment and institutions promoting or serving liquor, can be permitted to promote or serve liquor to anybody whosoever,” mentioned the notification.
It added that non-proprietary golf equipment, star lodges, eating places amongst others, and lodges run by anybody, even when they’re issued totally different classes of licenses for possession and provide of liquor, must also not be permitted to serve liquor.
In the meantime, the nationwide capital is witnessing a high-octane ballot marketing campaign led by three foremost political events – AAP, BJP and Congress. The BJP out of energy in Delhi since 1998 is making all efforts to upstage the ruling AAP that has dominated the meeting elections since 2015. The AAP romped house profitable 67 and 62 seats, respectively within the final two meeting polls in 2015 and 2020. So far as Congress is worried the celebration is struggling to regain its misplaced political floor within the nationwide capital because it did not open an account within the final two meeting elections in Delhi.