Two Assembly constituencies — Seelampur and Adarsh Nagar — will go dry this weekend and next respectively as by-elections for one municipal ward in each are held on Sunday and May 21.
While the rest of Delhi’s 270 municipal wards went to polls on April 23, Maujpur in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation and Sarai Pipal Thala in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will vote for their councillors on Sunday and May 21 respectively as one candidate in each died before the April 23 election.
Notification issued
On Thursday, the Delhi Excise Department issued a notification saying that all liquor and opium vends in Seelampur Assembly constituency, in which Maujpur ward comes, would be closed from Friday 5.30 p.m. till Sunday 5.30 p.m. Similarly, Adarsh Nagar Assembly constituency, in which Sarai Pipal Thala ward comes, would have dry days from 5.30 p.m. on May 19 till the same time on May 21. Both constituencies will also have a dry day on May 23, when votes are counted.
