Impose liquor ban in all BJP-ruled states, Uma Bharti makes public appeal to JP Nadda
Impose liquor ban in all BJP-ruled states, Uma Bharti makes public appeal to JP Nadda
Citing the example of JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Uma Bharti said the Bihar CM s consecutive electoral victories show that alcohol prohibition tilted the female vote in his favour.
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File photo of Uma Bharti (Photo Credits: PTI)
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior party leader Uma Bharti has urged BJP national president JP Nadda to impose a ban on liquor in all BJP-ruled states. A former union minister, Uma Bharti made the request in a series of eight tweets on Thursday amid controversy surrounding the proposal to increase liquor shops in MP.
Maharashtra govt sets up panel to study impact of liquor ban in Chandrapur
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Published: Thursday, January 14, 2021, 10:21 [IST]
Chandrapur, Jan 14: The Maharashtra government has set up a 13-member high-level committee to study the socio-economic impact of liquor ban in Chandrapur district.
The previous BJP-led state government banned sale and consumption of liquor in Chandrapur on April 1, 2015. In June last year, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar, who is also Chandrapur s guardian minister, said he is in favour of lifting the liquor ban in Chandrapur once the COVID-19 crisis ends.
As per a government notification issued on Tuesday, a 13-member committee, headed by former principal secretary Ramnath Jha, has been formed to conduct a survey on the social and economic impact after and before the imposition of the liquor ban in Chandrapur.
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Booze worth R125k seized from North West man during lockdown ban 08 January 2021 - 09:33 By TimesLIVE A Meiringspark man was immediately issued with a R3,000 fine for contravening the lockdown regulation regarding the sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor. File image Image: 123RF/Vladislavs Gorniks
A man allegedly selling liquor from his property has been fined under the National Disaster Act.
Klerksdorp police said the 49-year-old man was found with different types of liquor at his residence in Meiringspark on Thursday afternoon.
Police spokesperson Amogelang Malwetse said: “The police acted swiftly following a tip-off about lots of liquor being sold and stored in the backyard of a business operating for a different purpose.”