India, Feb. 25 -- Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Tuesday defended the scrapped new liquor policy after a CAG report claimed a loss of over Rs.2002 crore to the national capital's exchequer, saying the audit document exposed corruption under the old liquor policy. She claimed the people of Delhi incurred losses because liquor was being brought in from neighbouring states illegally. The Bharatiya Janata Party, meanwhile, said the report exposed the "black deeds" of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The CAG report, which was tabled in the Delhi assembly today by CM Rekha Gupta, claimed the previous government's decisions and liquor policy resulted in a cumulative loss of over Rs.2002 crore to the natio...