bengaluru karnatakas excise minister h nagesh said the state has yet to take a final call on launching online liquor sales even as the process of consultation for the exercise has kicked off fierce political resistancewe will take a decision after studying the success in other states where such online sale is under implementation the minister told et on sundaythe governments behindthescenes exercise to seek opinion from stakeholders has not gone down too well with the opposition jds threatening an agitation if it is implementedthe earlier congress government wanted to implement it but i stopped it later as chief minister of the jdscongress coalition government jds leader hd kumaraswamy told et advt in response to queries nagesh said the state government will send a team of officials to study how other states were approaching the issue and discuss it with top finance department officials a final decision will follow only after consultation with chief minister bs yediyurappa he saidthe supreme court nagesh said has left the subject to the discretion of state governments we will discuss with all stakeholders including liquor licensees the minister saidkumaraswamy however warned the government of consequences the government is planning to allow door delivery of liquor through online sales as it is desperate to raise revenues and also open new retail outlets through msil in rural areas the government should drop its plans forthwith he told ethe had earlier also opposed the idea through a series of tweets the former chief minister said the excise commissioner was keen to hold talks with a private firm to handle online sales if the government does not back out his party will launch an agitation he saidopening new liquor shops or permitting online delivery in times of distress such as this will ruin peoples health kumaraswamy said adding children may also start buying liquor onlinediscussions are afoot to launch online sale of liquor first in bengaluru and at the earliest if stakeholders approve government sources said advt kerala and maharashtra are among the few states that have put in place such a home delivery systemthe government has been of the view that online liquor sales will reduce long queues and crowds in front of takeaway outlets and help with social distancing as cases of covid19 infections have been surgingsections of liquor retailers however have not been happy with the online ideapubs as well as bars and restaurants have been shut since march after the centre first announced a series of restrictions as part of a nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the pandemic et bureau published on aug 10 2020 at 1118 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report