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Delhi L-G recommends CBI probe into alleged violation of excise policy

The new Excise policy 2021-22 was implemented from November 17 last year under which retail licences were given to private bidders for 849 vends across the city divided into 32 zones

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Agencies New Delhi
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V K Saxena has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the government’s Excise Policy 2021-22 over alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses, triggering a war of words between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. 

The new Excise policy 2021-22 was implemented from November 17 last year under which retail licences were given to private bidders for 849 vends across the city divided into 32 zones.

Many liquor stores failed to open for being located in non-confirming areas of the city. Several such vends were sealed by the municipal corporations,

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