Minister V Senthil Balaji, who has been arrested by ED and hospitalised for heart-related ailment, had made the announcement in the House in April 2023, while holding the Excise portfolio then
Minister V Senthil Balaji, who has been arrested by ED, made the announcement in Assembly in April of this year regarding the closure of these liquor outlets.
Following up on an announcement made on the floor of the Assembly, 500 retail liquor outlets in Tamil Nadu will stop functioning from June 22 onwards, the state-run Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation said.
That the new Lok Sabha has 888 seats, despite a sanctioned strength of just 543 today, points to a contested future of democracy and federalism in India.