Excise policy row: Former Delhi LG says charges against him 'blatant lies, falsehoods', slams Sisodia
The Hindu
In a hard-hitting statement, Mr. Baijal said Mr. Sisodia's charges against him were an attempt by a "desperate man to save his own skin".
Former Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on August 9, 2022 rejected as "baseless and motivated" charges levelled against him by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22.
In a hard-hitting statement, Mr. Baijal said Mr. Sisodia's charges against him were an attempt by a "desperate man to save his own skin".
Mr. Sisodia, who also holds the Excise portfolio in the Kejriwal government, had on last Saturday accused Mr. Baijal, who was then LG, of changing his stand on the excise policy and blocking liquor vends in non-conforming areas of Delhi by putting a condition.
He had also said Baijal's decision "benefitted" some licensees while causing "loss" of thousands of crores of rupees to the Delhi government.
"Mr. Sisodia is trying to find some alibi for his and his colleague's acts of commission and ommissions. The charges are nothing but blatant lies and falsehoods being perpetrated by a desperate man to save his own skin." The former LG said his statement he had flagged on several occasions "unlawful decisions" taken by the AAP government that had to be amended on files.
"In the matter of not allowing liquor vends in non-conforming areas, I had discharged by constitutional responsibility of upholding the law of the land," he said.
No law in Delhi even today allows for opening of liquor vends in non-conforming areas, he said.
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