Tribal women stir to shut liquor shop in Sirohi district

Jaipur | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

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In case, more than 50% votes go against the liquor shop, the state government will shut the shop in the area, she said. Determined women from the village have come out of their houses in veils and signed the petition for conducting voting to get the liquor shop closed. It has become a nuisance for women, as people under the influence of liquor, tease women. Forty-year-old ward panch Gelu Devi is spearheading the protest against the liquor shop.“In our village, the shop is running since several years. JAIPUR: More than 650 tribal women have come out to protest and sought a referendum on the liqour shop in Sirohi , which is a popular place among liquor lovers, as it is situated near the border of Gujarat , where liquor is already banned.Gram panchayat Paadar in Sirohi district is witnessing a protest against a liquor shop, which has existed in the area for more than 20 years..