Chennai: The government’s decision to open the liquor shops, toeing the line of other states and to prevent brewing of illicit arrack, drew criticism from various Opposition parties, including the DMK and its allies, besides ruling AIADMK’s allies, the PMK, BJP and the DMDK.
Today, the DMK and its alliance partners requested people to wear ‘black signs’ to register their protest against the opening of liquor shops.
They questioned the government’s decision to open the TASMAC shops at a time when the State was battling to prevent corona pandemic and the number of cases had been on the rise.
It may be recalled that the State government had on Monday evening announced opening of liquor shops in the State from 10 am to 5 pm tomorrow, with stringent norms–only in non-containment zones–as people in bordering districts of Tamilnadu thronged the wine shops in neighbouring Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, where the shops were allowed to open.