Over 700 gram panchayats in Haryana have passed a resolution to close liquor vends in their villages in the next fiscal, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has said.
Of the 22 districts in Haryana, the state excise and taxation department has received the highest number of 122 resolutions from Rohtak district, as per a list shared by Chautala on Twitter.
Chautala, who holds the excise and taxation portfolio, on Wednesday tweeted, "704 gram panchayats (gram sabhas) passed resolution in Haryana for closure of vends in their villages."
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