Swaraj Abhiyan exposes the truth of Liquor hypocrisy of AAP Govt.
Channel: Swaraj Abhiyan
Date: 2016-08-30

Swaraj Abhiyan
Press Note- 27 August, 2016

SA Slams the Kejriwal government for opening a startling 399 new retail liquor shops in the national capital.
 
- Swaraj Abhiyan exposes the truth of Liquor hypocrisy of Aam Aadmi Party. Slams the Kejriwal government for opening a startling 399 new retail liquor shops in the national capital.
 
- While the revenue generation and number of retail vending points have grown, the expenditure on de-addiction &discouraging alcohol has reduced manifold. Out of the 600 crores extra revenue generated, the AAP govt hasn’t even spent 1 crore on this.
 
- AAP Govt. has spent a petty amount of Rs. 16,000 on drives and programs for de-addiction.
 
- No new de-addiction centers have been opened. AAP government has spent a meagre Rs 1.79 lakh on advertisements to discourage alcoholism.
 
- AAP government presents lies and falsehood to mislead the public regarding consultation in locality and consent of area MLA.
 
- The third public hearing after Kasturba Nagar and Karawal Nagar to be held in Uttamnagar. Yogendra Yadav to attend the Jan Sunwai on August 28.
 
Delhi | Exposing the liquor hypocrisy of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Swaraj Abhiyan today slammed the AamAadmi Party government and made a shocking revelation that 399 new liquor shops have been opened in the national capital since it came to power (Annexure 1). Addressing a press conference, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav said, "For a party which came to power with the promise of reducing alcoholism through people's participation, the figure of 399 is surprising to say the least." The AAP government, till recently, had been trying to mislead the people of Delhi by giving varying figures, which Swaraj Abhiyan had earlier termed as "a violation of the spirit of RTI by a party which was born out of the movement for transparency & accountability." Swaraj Abhiyan had exposed how four different RTI queries to the excise department of Delhi government had yielded four different sets of answers to the same question (Annexure 2).
 
Replying to a starred question on the issue, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had tried to play down the question in the Delhi assembly and veered towards the subject of alcohol-ban, which was not at all the issue being raised. But on digging deep into a bulky list of liquor shops provided by the government, it has been found that the AamAadmi Party Govt. has actually opened up a startling 399 new retail liquor shops (Annexure 3).
 
Yogendra Yadav said thatAamAadmi Party had reneged on its promise made to the people of Delhi by shamelessly encouraging and proliferating liquor business in the national capital. He expressed serious concerns on the fact that the funds earned through this exponential rise in number of retail vending points is not being used for de-addiction programs and drives to discourage alcoholism. The AAP government has not opened even a single de-adiction center in the national capital and has spent only Rs. 16,000 on de-addiction drives and programs. Apart from this alarmingly low figure, it was also found out that the AAP government, which was even rapped by the CAG for spending on publicity & advertisementsactually spent a meagre sum of Rs. 1.79 lakh on advertisements to discourage alcoholism.