Delhi excise policy led to a loss of Rs 2,500 crore, says BJP

New Delhi: Quoting an RTI reply received from Delhi government, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala Sunday said that the new excise policy led to a loss of Rs 2,500 crore to the exchequer. 

The RTI reveals that the Arvind Kejriwal government collected a revenue of Rs 5,036 under the new excise policy from November 17, 2021 to August 31, 2022. 

The new excise policy was scrapped from September 1, 2022 after allegations of corruption.

In September, the revenue from old excise policy was Rs 768 crore.

Calling it ‘AAP ka Paap’, Poonawala said that new policy earned Rs 17.5 crore per day where as the revenue rose to Rs 25.6 crore per day after the policy was rolled back amounting a loss of Rs 8 crore per day. 

“This way, the arvind kejriwal lost Rs 2,300 crore in 288 days,” said Poonawala.

“AAP leaders in collusion with Sharab Mafia (who remain in Jail) as revealed by Sting Operations collected huge commissions,” he added.

Poonawala said that rather than answering questions on Sharab Ghotala, AAP leaders keep playing victimhood card.

AAP Ka Paap 



RTI from Delhi Govt - New Sharab policy led to loss of Rs 2500cr atleast 



Under New Policy Delhi Govt earned ₹ 5036 Cr from 17th Nov 21 to 31st Aug 22 ie Rs 17.5 cr/day whereas Old Excise policy earned ₹ 768 cr in Sep 2022 ie Rs 25.6 Cr/day-loss of ₹8cr/day 1/n pic.twitter.com/fHJwYGLKyS

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) October 30, 2022

On being referred by Delhi LG VK Saxena for investigations into alleged scam in the new excise policy introduced by Arvind Kejriwal government, the CBI had registered an FIR in a special court here in August against Sisodia and 14 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 477A (falsification of records), and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deals with taking undue advantage to influence a public servant by corrupt or illegal means, or by the exercise of personal influence.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the Delhi excise policy, which was brought out in November last year, the officials said.

Following the registration of the FIR, the CBI had conducted searches at the premises of Sisodia and opened his locker at a bank in Ghaziabad, they said.

The FIR has flagged payments in crores allegedly made to "close associates" of Sisodia by Sameer Mahendru -- the owner of Indospirits -- one of the liquor traders actively involved in irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy.

The FIR alleged that Sisodia's "close associates" Amit Arora, the director of Buddy Retail Pvt. Limited in Gurugram, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey were "actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees" for the accused public servants.