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The Association has besides demanded an amendment to Section 29 of the Karnataka Excise Act which empowers authorities officials to cancel oregon suspend excise licence oregon permit. (Express File)
The Federation of Wine Merchants Association Karnataka has called for the closure of each liquor shops successful the authorities connected November 20.
The Association has placed respective demands including curbing corruption successful the authorities excise department. Addressing a quality league Thursday, B Govindaraj Hegde, General Secretary, Federation of Wine Merchants Association Karnataka, said the main curate should seat a gathering to fulfill their demands.
“Since the (excise) section does not person a budget, it should beryllium merged with the concern section nether the power of the concern minister,” helium added.
The Association has besides demanded an amendment to Section 29 of the Karnataka Excise Act which empowers authorities officials to cancel oregon suspend excise licence oregon permit.
However, Hegde dismissed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation made astatine a rally successful poll-bound Maharashtra that Rs 700 crore was taken arsenic bribes from Karnataka vino merchants to money elections. “None of our office-bearers person talked astir Rs 500 crore oregon Rs 700 crore oregon Rs 900 crore bribe. We don’t cognize who misled the PM astir the issue,” helium said.
He besides said that a ailment filed with the Governor alleging corruption successful the excise section was not connected to the Association. “We person not filed a complaint. We perceive that it was an RTI activistic who filed it,” helium added.
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