The Delhi government today accused the national capital's former Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal of corruption in the new excise policy -- which has been rolled back following a CBI probe into its implementation -- causing a loss of thousands of crores" to the state government.
New Delhi, 06 August 2022
As per news report of NDTV,Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia hit out at the former LG, recommending a CBI probe into his alleged sudden change of mind which the Aam Aadmi Party claimed was done to benefit a few liquor shop owners."Due to change of decision in LG office, some shopkeepers got profit of thousands of crores and government lost thousands of crores," he said, adding that the new Excise Policy of Delhi 2021-22 benefited some people as it was not allowed to be implemented properly. Anil Baijal was the Delhi LG when the Arvind Kejriwal government prepared the new excise policy, which was implemented on November 17, 2021.
Source - NDTV
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