Summary:
Gujarat government took the decision to relax the process of renewal of liquor permit for ex-servicemen in Gujarat. Bhootpurva Sainya Shakti Ekta Sangathan, an association of ex-servicemen in Gujarat staged protest programme in Gandhinagar on Wednesday and demanded to exempt them from the renewal process for liquor permits. "The permit renewal procedure is under the overhauling as there had been many discrepancies in the system that had been under implementation for many years. "We announce to reestablish the same system for renewal of liquor permission for ex-servicemen on health ground. We do not tolerate such action and will hold a rally on July 22, if we are not exempted from the strange conditions for liquor permits.".