Open Liquor Shops, Alcohol Will Kill Coronavirus In Throat Itself: Congress MLA

If alcohol-based sanitisers can kill coronavirus on hands, there is no reason why alcoholic drinks may not kill the virus in tipplers’ throats, a Congress MLA has argued, seeking reopening of liquor shops in Rajasthan.

Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur put forward the argument in all seriousness in his letter written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday, while urging him to open liquor shops in the state.
 
It will not only save alcoholics from dying of spurious liquor consumption, but also earn the much-needed revenue for the state amid the lockdown-hit economy, he argued.
 
“When alcohol can wash coronavirus off hands, it will dislodge the virus from booze guzzlers' throats as well,” argued the MLA in his letter.
 
Singh is not alone in urging Gehlot to open liquor shops in the state.
 
In his endeavour, he was also joined by his CPI-M colleague Balwan Singh Punia, who had made a similar plea to Gehlot in early April itself, soon after liquor shops were closed down following the Covid-triggered lockdown.

(PTI)