The Delhi government on Tuesday extended 'Old Excise policy' for six months. It has also asked officials to soon prepare a new excise policy. According to new policies, there will be 5 dry days during these 6 months on Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday, Buddha Purnima, Eid al-Fitr & Eid al-Adha.
The Delhi Government has been under heavy fire for its excise policy which was reverted to the older version in September last year, after withdrawing excise policy 2021-22. The ED has so far arrested 12 people in the case, including former Delhi deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia.
Even K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had deposed before the ED to record her statement and was summoned again on March 16 for questioning.
The excise policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the Delhi government after LG VK Saxena recommended a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in its implementation. Former deputy chief minister and minister in charge of Excise department Manish Sisodia was recently arrested by the ED in connection with an alleged liquor scam in Delhi.
