"Make Liquor Shops Cow Shelters": BJP's Uma Bharti On Crimes Against Women
NDTV
"Without waiting for the liquor policy, I will start converting liquor shops, which are being run in contravention of rules, into cow shelters," Uma Bharti said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Uma Bharti on Tuesday sought to link rise in cases of crime against women in Madhya Pradesh, ruled by her party, to consumption of alcohol and pushed for converting liquor outlets which are being operated in violation of rules into cow shelters.
Ending her four-day-long stay at a temple in Bhopal, Bharti announced the launch of “Madhushala Me Gaushala” (cow shelters in place of liquor outlets) programme in support of her demand for a "controlled" liquor policy in the state.
On Saturday afternoon, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister reached a temple located near a liquor shop in Ayodhya Nagar trisection of the state capital and announced she will stay there till January 31, awaiting announcement of a new liquor policy by the government.
She ended her four-day-long stay at the temple on Tuesday as the state government has delayed its liquor policy announcement.
