Chandigarh Newsline
CHANDIGARH, APRIL 1: WHILE villagers of Palsora opposing the opening of a liquor vend in their village tasted success today by getting the vend shifted far, public protests at Sector 15 over the location of a liquor shop there reached a crescendo with politicians cutting across party lines and joining a large demonstration.
Former Chandigarh MP and BJP leader Satyapal Jain, former mayor and Congress councillor Anu Chatrath and local SAD leader and SGPC Chandigarh member Gurpratap Singh Ryar participated in the Sector 15 residents and shopkeepers' demonstrations even as the liquor vend by APL Overseas Pvt Ltd formally opened.
The leaders vowed to ensure the relocation of the liquor vend to a site "reasonably far" from residential, religious and educational areas. Jain grabbed the opportunity to flay the "indifference and inability" of sitting MP and Union State Minister for Finance Pawan Bansal to get the vend shifted. ...
