By PTI
BHOPAL: Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh authorities’s seemingly announcement of a brand new liquor coverage, Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Uma Bharti is staying at a temple in state capital Bhopal demanding the coverage be made extra stringent.
If a “controlled liquor policy” is applied, the ruling BJP will repeat its file victory like 2003, Bharti informed reporters on Saturday after she reached the temple situated close to a liquor store on the Ayodhya Nagar trisection.
The BJP chief introduced she’s going to keep there until January 31, awaiting the liquor coverage announcement.
The Assembly elections in MP are due in December this yr.
Bharti has been demanding acceptable amendments in liquor coverage, which the state authorities releases yearly, and incorporating extra controls to advertise de-addiction.
She had earlier opposed the wine store situated close to the temple.
The Madhya Pradesh authorities has not introduced any date, however a brand new liquor coverage is usually introduced in January-end.
The former Union minister stated she had expressed a want to tour numerous spots in Madhya Pradesh final November, however the go to couldn’t materialise because of lack of preparations for her workers together with safety personnel.
“I have never demanded absolute prohibition. I said I would implement a total prohibition if it is in my control. I have full faith in Shivraj ji (MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan). I will wait for the decision about the liquor policy on January 31,” she stated.
The former state chief minister additionally stated she didn’t need the opposition Congress to profit from her stand.
“If a controlled liquor policy, as I had told (to the BJP government), is implemented, the BJP will repeat its record victory like 2003,” she stated.
The BJP had received 165 seats within the 230-member MP Assembly within the 2003 polls decimating the Congress, which was in energy at the moment, to 58 seats. After that election, Bharti grew to become the chief minister. She resigned after eight months.
BHOPAL: Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh authorities’s seemingly announcement of a brand new liquor coverage, Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Uma Bharti is staying at a temple in state capital Bhopal demanding the coverage be made extra stringent.
If a “controlled liquor policy” is applied, the ruling BJP will repeat its file victory like 2003, Bharti informed reporters on Saturday after she reached the temple situated close to a liquor store on the Ayodhya Nagar trisection.
The BJP chief introduced she’s going to keep there until January 31, awaiting the liquor coverage announcement.
The Assembly elections in MP are due in December this yr.
Bharti has been demanding acceptable amendments in liquor coverage, which the state authorities releases yearly, and incorporating extra controls to advertise de-addiction.
She had earlier opposed the wine store situated close to the temple.
The Madhya Pradesh authorities has not introduced any date, however a brand new liquor coverage is usually introduced in January-end.
The former Union minister stated she had expressed a want to tour numerous spots in Madhya Pradesh final November, however the go to couldn’t materialise because of lack of preparations for her workers together with safety personnel.
“I have never demanded absolute prohibition. I said I would implement a total prohibition if it is in my control. I have full faith in Shivraj ji (MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan). I will wait for the decision about the liquor policy on January 31,” she stated.
The former state chief minister additionally stated she didn’t need the opposition Congress to profit from her stand.
“If a controlled liquor policy, as I had told (to the BJP government), is implemented, the BJP will repeat its record victory like 2003,” she stated.
The BJP had received 165 seats within the 230-member MP Assembly within the 2003 polls decimating the Congress, which was in energy at the moment, to 58 seats. After that election, Bharti grew to become the chief minister. She resigned after eight months.