58 wine shops opened up after AAP came in power, alleges Swaraj Abhiyan

Alleging that 58 wine shops have opened up in Delh ever since the AAP government came to power, Swaraj Abhiyan today demanded closure of a liquor outlet in Kotla- Mukabarpur.

Claiming that the shop was opened in Kotla-Mukabarpur despite protests from locals, Swaraj Abhiyan, an organisation led by expelled AAP leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, said if it is not shut by August 10, a movement will be launched. 

"The AAP came to power promising that wine shops would be allowed only after consensus among the people. But there are several areas where such shops are being set up despite people's protest," Swaraj Abhiyan's media in-charge Anupam said. 

It alleged that AAP had claimed to make Delhi liquor-free but it has not been supporting the same and the excise department has spent only Rs 7.76 lakh on advertisements for de-addiction awareness but there are no details about its spending. 

The leaders, on the basis of RTI information, claimed that in the first term of the AAP government, the number of liquor shops was 595 and revenue earned was Rs 830 crore while in the second tenure from February 14, 2015 to June 4, 2016, new licence for 58 shops were issued and revenue earned is over Rs 1,500 crore.