New Delhi: Ahead of the polling for Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, all liquor stores and other licensed premises in Delhi, Faridabad, and Gurgaon will remain shut from 6 PM on May 23 to 6 PM on May 25. Additionally, there will be no liquor sale in these cities on the day of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 result announcement, June 4.
According to a notification issued by the excise department, various liquor stores and other licensed premises in Delhi will be closed nearly 48 hours before the end of the poll, from 6 p.m. on May 23 to 6 p.m. on May 25. Liquor will not be sold on June 4, the vote-counting day for the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
DCP Election cell of Delhi Police, Sanjay Sehrawat on Thursday said that 33,000 policemen of Delhi Police, 51 paramilitary companies, and 17,500 Home Guards who have come from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh will be deployed in the national capital in view of the Lok Sabha polls to be conducted on May 25 in the sixth phase.
Delhi Police has completed its preparations for the elections to be held on May 25. There are 2628 voting centres out of which 429 are highly sensitive. 33,000 policemen of Delhi Police will be deployed at the polling booth and apart from this, 51 paramilitary companies will also be deployed for security and 17,500 Home Guards who have come from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and MP will also be deployed,” DCP Sehrawat said. “We have hired drones in very sensitive areas to monitor any illegal activities,” he added.
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