Bollywood celebs oppose opening of liquor shops amid coronavirus lockdown

Bollywood celebs  Javed Akhtar and Raveena Tandon have strongly reacted to the news of re-opening of liquor and paan stores in green zones. Reacting strongly against the same, Raveena in a tweet wrote, “Yaaay for paan/gutka shops! Excellent, the spitting starts again! Wonderful!!” On the other hand Javed Akhtar, who has always been very vocal about his views on social media, stated that opening of liquor shops could have ‘disastrous results’. 

“Opening liquor shops during the lock down will only bring disastrous results . In any case according to all the surveys nowadays domestic Violence has increased to a large extent .liquor will make these days even more dangerous of for women and children,” Javed Akhtar posted on Twitter.

The government on Friday, moved to permit opening up of liquor shops in designated green and orange zones in the country with effect from May 04, apart from allowing resumption of liquor sales in rural areas while maintaining  strict social distancing measures in these stores. The announcement was part of a further two-week extension to the ongoing lockdown announced by the central government on Friday which will come in to effect from May 04.

Opening liquor shops during the lock down will only bring disastrous results . In any case according to all the surveys nowadays domestic Violence has increased to a large extent .liquor will make these days even more dangerous of for women and children .

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) May 2, 2020

Yaaay for paan/gutka shops! Excellent, the spitting starts again! Wonderful!! https://t.co/KRyOv7HcKT

— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) May 1, 2020