Excise Policy Probe News Today

Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.

CBI raids at Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence and 21 other places over the excise policy row have invited have prompted a blame trade between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The 468 private liquor shops operating in the city will be shut from August 1 as the term of their licences and that of the new excise policy expire on July 31.

Delhi government gave an extension of two months to liquor shops with L-3/33 license to operate till September 30, 2022.

Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government is considering one month extension to its new excise policy as the national capital looking at a major liquor shortage in the coming days with private wine and beer stores going to shut shop from 1 August.

Amid an ongoing investigation by Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing and a faceoff between the LG Saxena and the AAP government, the Delhi government had to roll back the new excise policy. 

With only two days left for the current excise policy to expire, the Delhi government has decided to go back to the old regime of retail liquor sales for six months.

BJP hit out at AAP over Delhi government’s liquor policy in the national capital saying that the party has replaced its happiness classes model with happiness glasses.

Delhi LG VK Saxena has recommended a CBI probe into Excise Policy 2021-22 of the AAP government over alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses.