Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister today announced that no new liquor shop with a government licence will be opened in the national capital this year. "No new liquor shops will be opened in Delhi this year. As far as the existing shops are concerned, the Mohalla Sabhas will take the final call if a particular shop needs to be relocated," Kejriwal said in a press conference.At these meetings, there should at least be 15 per cent neighbourhood voters and a third of the gathering should be women. A decision needs to be backed by a two-thirds majority. "Many people are troubled by liquor vends in their localities as people drink publicly, create nuisance. Women feel unsafe to venture out as they feel unsafe in such an environment.

So we have taken these two decisions," Kejriwal said. He also said that owners and managers of liquor vends would be acted against if there are reports of nuisance in the vicinity of their stores. The Delhi government approved the formation of 2,972 mohalla sabhas in June, describing it as a step towards strengthening local governance. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, conspicuously silent ever since returning from his vipassana, has broken his silence and unleashed a verbal assault on the Modi government and the Adani group. Congress was in Ambani's pockets and the Modi government is in Adani's pocket, he said.