The MHA order had specified that liquor and paan shops cannot have more than 5 persons at a time. However, visuals of liquor stores from across the nation show social distancing norms being openly flouted.
Urging CM Ashok Gehlot to open the liquor shops in the state, Kundanpur said, "When coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove the virus from the throat".
Due to overwhelming misinformation on social media, Iranian citizens resorted to consuming spurious alcohol in a bid to cure the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus infection.
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Monday announced that the state government will allow sale of alcohol amidst coronavirus lockdown to those with "valid doctor's prescription".
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan defended his decision of allowing state-run liquor outlets to operate by claiming the dearth of alcohol in the state can have untoward consequences
Two persons caught smuggling alcohol revealed that AAP minister Kailash Gahlot's brother Harish Gahlot brought those to Delhi to distribute among voters