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Delhi is staring at a major liquor shortage in the coming days with private wine and beer stores going to shut shop from August 1 after Kejriwal government’s decision to withdraw its new Excise policy 20221-22.

The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for two months each, will expire on July 31.

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.

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has directed officials to

Days after Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena recommend a CBI probe into the implementation of the new excise policy, the government in the national capital has decided to return to the old regime of retail liquor sale in the city.

As the controversy over the new liquor policy rages on, the Delhi government has decided to revert to the old one.

The BJP on Saturday claimed the Arvind Kejriwal government scrapped its new excise policy as it was "scared" by the lieutenant governor's recommendation for a CBI probe into its implementation.

The Delhi government has decided to withdraw the new Excise Policy for the time being and directed the sale of liquor only through government-run vends, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today.

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

New Delhi: Amid an ongoing investigation by Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and a face-off between Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and the