Prohibition not feasible: Captain
Saturday, 16/07/2016
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SAYS DRINKING CAN’T BE COMPARED WITH DRUG ABUSE
MALOUT (MUKTSAR): Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh said on Friday that prohibition was not feasible and practical in the state, and drinking couldn’t be compared with drug abuse.
He said prohibition had not worked in many states and only encouraged smuggling and making of illicit liquor. He said liquor, being an important source of revenue for the state, can’t be compared with drugs.
Addressing the media at his ‘Halke Vich Captain’ public interaction programme in the Malout assembly segment, he declined that there were differences within the party over “VIP culture”. He said if the Congress came to power in Punjab, it would rather take cops off unnecessary VIP-protection duties.
“Police will not have to stand all day long on the VIP convoy routes. They will have a maximum of 12-hour workday and a mandatory day off every week,” he said. During a Congress programme in Jalandhar on June 30, party leaders Manpreet Singh Badal and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal had differed openly over the use of red beacons atop the VIP vehicles. ‘SON WILL FACE ED BEFORE GOING TO RIO’
Referring to Enforcement Directorate's notice to his son, Raninder Singh, Amarinder said his son will make himself available for questioning before leaving for Rio Olympics as president of the National Rifle Association.
