New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Om Prakash Sharma on Monday (March 27, 2023) claimed that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will likely be in jail by the following Navratri within the Delhi excise coverage. During a dialogue within the Delhi Assembly, Sharma, the BJP MLA from Vishwas Nagar, alleged that the cash path of the liquor rip-off goes as much as Kejriwal. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) final month arrested former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who additionally held the Excise portfolio when the brand new excise coverage was framed and applied, in reference to the alleged rip-off.
“Chief Minister had predicted in the Delhi Assembly that Manish Sisodia is going to be arrested. The money trail of the liquor scam goes up to Kejriwal and he will also be in jail by the next Navratri,” Prakash stated.
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— Om Prakash Sharma (@OPSharmaBJP) March 27, 2023
It is notable that the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn after Lt Governor VK Saxena really useful a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in its implementation.
Earlier within the day, Delhi Finance Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Kailash Gahlot lashed out at BJP MLAs who claimed that the Delhi authorities suffered losses in excise income and requested the saffron social gathering members to learn the Budget.
During a dialogue within the Delhi Assembly, BJP MLA Abhay Verma claimed that town authorities’s 2023-24 Budget confirmed a lack of Rs 3,100 crore in excise income.
The allegation, nevertheless, was refuted by Gahlot, who additionally holds the Excise portfolio.
Replying to the declare made by Verma, the minister stated, “Between November 17, 2021, and August 31, 2022, the new excise policy earned Rs 5,576 crore while the revenue earned during the old excise regime between August 17, 2020, and August 31, 2021, stood at Rs 4,890 crore.”
“Please study something. In the old policy, revenue was earned through excise duty while in the new policy, revenue was earned through licence fees. You cannot compare the two policies. It is like comparing apples with oranges,” he added.
When Verma raised objections throughout Gahlot’s handle, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel directed the marshals to escort him out.
Gahlot additionally cited figures from completely different months to indicate that the now-scrapped coverage was doing effectively.
“In December 2020, the excise revenue stood at Rs 508 crore while in 2021, it was Rs 850 crore for the same month. These people have nothing to do with the excise policy. They have only one motive — that is to stop one man — Arvind Kejriwal. They want to stop the AAP,” he alleged.
