Liquor vend: Swaraj Abhiyan to hold public hearing in Uttam

Stepping up its attack on the Delhi government over its liquor policy, Swaraj Abhiyan, led by Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, will hold another public hearing against an alcohol vend in Uttam Nagar, the Assembly constituency of AAP MLA Naresh Balyan.
This will be third such public hearing to be held in the national capital after Karawal Nagar, the Assembly constituency of Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra, and Kotla-Mukabrakpur in Kasturba Nagar, which is represented by Madanlal, a parliamentary secretary to the Delhi government.
The public hearing will be organised near the Nawada Metro Station in West Delhi and attended by Bhushan.

Balyan, who represents Uttam Nagar, is the one of the AAP MLAs, whose candidature was opposed by Bhushan and Yadav when they were in the Aam Aadmi Party. The duo had demanded that Balyan not be given the party ticket after his name cropped up in a liquor controversy ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.
Bhushan and Yadav, who were later expelled from AAP for "anti-party" activities, had also demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.
Swaraj Abhiyan, however, denied that the public hearing had anything to do with the controversy.
"There was demand from people for closure of the liquor shop," Swaraj Abhiyan's media in-charge Anupam said.

The organisation has been attacking the AAP government over its liquor policy and has demanded immediate closure of 11 alcohol vends in the national capital that were allegedly opened without public approval.