new delhi delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal on sunday claimed restaurants in the city face harassment due to licence raj and hoped the municipal corporations will soon comply with the fssai directive to discontinue issuing food licencesthis comes days after the delhi government announced the abolition of police licenses and health trade licences issued by the bjpruled municipal corporations for restaurants it set a 10day deadline for the abolishment of health trade licencesthe corporations have alleged that the decision is a ploy to weaken the civic bodies and said they will seek legal opinion to counter the moverestaurants contribute to delhi economy and taxes in a big way they face harassment due to license raj all governments should work together to remove harassment centre central government body fssai has directed mcds to stop issuing food licenses i hope mcds will comply soon with centres directions kejriwal said in a tweet on sundaythe delhi governments decision to abolish licences for restaurants was taken at a meeting chaired by kejriwal it was attended by restaurant ownersin the meeting the restaurateurs had said the food safety and standards authority of india fssai already issues food safety and hygiene licences issuing of health trade licences by local bodies duplicated the task and was irrelevantnorth delhi mayor jai prakash had said he has sought legal opinion to counter the governments movesouth delhi mayor anamika alleged that the aap government is doing politics over the issuing of health trade licencesthey are misleading people by saying no licence should be there to run restaurants the licences are issued by the corporations under the dmc act 1957 to ensure the safety and comfort of people by ensuring adherence to various parameters she saidthe health trade licence is issued online for ease of doing business and there is no interference by any officer the entire process is transparent she addedanamika said these licences cover various parameters like structural safety of a restaurant building safe drinking water to prevent waterborne diseases health checkup of waiters and delivery boys solid waste management and sanitationrestaurateurs have welcomed the governments decision