Liquor outlets open to boisterous welcome by consumers in TN, Oppn sees red

After a dry spell of 43 days, liquor

sale resumed at State-run outlets in Tamil Nadu except Chennai amid bursting of crackers and distribution of cakes by some boisterous booze lovers as zealous consumers lined up in front of the stores since early morning to get their quota.

Opposing the move to reopen the liquor stores, DMK president M K Stalin, clad in black, held a placard and a black flag in front of his house here against restart of sale at booze shops.

Slogans were raised briefly by DMK workers demanding the government to close down the outlets.

Stalin had claimed that opening of liquor shops would lead to further increase in the spread of coronavirus.

His party's allies including the MDMK and Left parties too opposed the move.

Even before the shops were opened at 10 am in non- containment zones, the queue extended upto a few kilometers in several localities including those that fall under Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kancheepuram, Chengelpet and Tiruvallur districts.

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