Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 is all set to happen on Feb 8 and in view of it “dry day” will be declared in border areas of Delhi for three days. Liquor shops in border areas of Delhi, such as Noida, will remain shut.
An order has been issued, declaring a “dry day” in the border areas of Delhi for 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for conclusion of poll. The sale of alcohol at shops and pubs in three-kilometer limits of Delhi border, especially in Noida, will be prohibited from 6 pm on February 6 to till the polling end on February 8.
As per excise rules, 48 hours before the end of polling, poll-bound states are declared “dry” and no sale or serving of liquor is permitted.
A “dry day” will also be declared in Noida on February 11 when the counting of votes will take place. The national capital is witnessing a triangular electoral contest between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress
For the uninitiated, the 70-member Delhi assembly will go to the polls on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11.
