Review meeting on the effect of the front opened against illegal liquor sale tomorrow

Raipur. The morcha opened by the villagers of village Asaunda, affected by illegal liquor being sold in the streets of the village, was postponed about 10 days after the opening of the morcha with the decision to monitor the coaches due to the assurance of the coaches indulged in liquor. Now, almost a week after morcha adjournment, a meeting of the villagers has been called tomorrow, Sunday, July 16, at 2 pm, in which the future outline of the movement will be decided after discussing the current situation of illegal liquor sale. On the other hand, according to the rural sources, the situation in Asaunda is currently under control, but in the nearby villages of Bithia and Mudpar, the coaches are dominant, due to which the situation in Asaunda still remains disturbed. It may be noted that in village Asaunda of Kharora police station area, which falls on the Ameri to Math road, due to illegal sale of liquor in the streets of the village along with the road side, the passers-by along with the villagers had to fight with drunkards. Forgetting political-economic-social-personal enmity, in a meeting convened on July 2, on the demand of villagers including nearby village heads, it was decided to open a front against it in a Gandhian way. The work of creating awareness among the villagers was started by the women along with the village heads, in which, in course of time, the common villagers along with the young children also started participating. In view of the solidarity of the villagers in this village which comes under the Dharsiwan Assembly Constituency, Regional MLA Mrs. Anita Sharma and former MLA Devji Bhai Patel had also become active in stopping the sale of illegal liquor in this village in view of their political interests. Here the villagers also submitted a memorandum to Regional City Superintendent of Police Udayan Behar and station in-charge Brijesh Tiwari, due to which police patrolling also started. Due to this, Kochi came under pressure and surrendered before the villagers on July 10 and assured not to sell liquor. In view of this assurance, the villagers had decided to suspend the agitation by keeping a constant vigil on them. In this regard, Bhupendra Sharma, the convenor of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, active in the anti-liquor campaign, urged the villagers to hold review meetings from time to time and prepare a roadmap for the future course of action, without over-trusting the assurances of the coaches. Here, according to the information received from the rural sources, since then there is no complaint of illegal sale of liquor within the village, but on the second day after the suspension of the movement, one went to the canal crossing outside Kochia village and called the villagers of other villages by phone. While giving, another Kochia was providing liquor to outside drunkards on the third day, after getting information about which the villagers apologized due to resentment and since then the sale of illegal liquor has been curbed. According to the villagers of Asaunda, in the nearby villages of Mudpar and Bithia, there is a dominance of liquor coaches and in Mudpar, one Kochiya openly sells liquor in the crematorium, challenging the villagers, while in Bithia, a woman has also become the main liquor seller. Regional district member Surendra Verma also confirms the sale of illegal liquor in these two villages. Presently, the sarpanch of Asaunda, Rajesh Sahu, while giving information about convening a review meeting, has said that a decision will be taken according to public sentiment after reviewing the situation.