Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress protests against IMFL licences

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GUWAHATI: The Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress (APMC) protested against the State government's decision to issue 2000 additional IMFL licences.

The organization alleged that issuing new licences for alcoholic drinks would eventually lead to the destruction of the youth of the state.

Attending the event in Rajiv Bhawan here today, APMC president Mira Borthakur said that the State government had amended the Assam Excise Rule of 2016 and published a gazetted notification regarding the same. This allowed the setting up of new IMFL shops in localities under village panchayats, town committees, and municipal areas. The DCs of the respective districts will have the responsibility of publishing, checking, and selecting the ones who receive such licences to be issued by the Excise Commissioner. She said that the government has taken this step towards generating revenue, but it will destroy the youth of the state, and she demanded the immediate rollback of this decision.

MLA and APCC media chairman Bharat Chandra Narah also mentioned in a statement that the BJP has been in power for just 7 years in the state, and inflation has been increasing every day in the state as the government lacks any realistic plan to create new jobs. He added that the Congress government borrowed Rs 35,000 crore in 15 years, but the BJP government borrowed Rs 1,42,000 crore in just seven years, increasing the per capita debt burden on the citizens. He mentioned that the opposition party would not have questioned these decisions if they were aimed at the generation of employment in the state, but the CM is investing the lion's share of the loans in building flyovers and bridges without vision or planning.

He also mentioned that the government is demolishing heritage administrative buildings in the state one by one after relocating the DC office. Kamrup (M) and demolishing the structure, they have conspired to hand over the prime sites to the capitalists. The Gauhati High Court building is a heritage building with over seven decades of history, and now they want to relocate it to North Guwahati. Its second building is less than 10 years old.

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