Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (EP) 

Bengaluru, Nov 7: The state government is contemplating of banning bars and liquor sales outlets from naming them after religious deities. 

Muzrai minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has directed to obtain the opinion of legal experts to remove the names of deities from the name boards of liquor outlets. 

“Several bars or liquor sales outlets are named as Maha Ganapathi, Raghavendra, Manjunath, Venkateshwara etc. It hurts religious sentiments and insults the deities. The department therefore is thinking to ban from giving names of deities and to remove the current names by an amendment to law,” he said.

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Kota Srinivas Poojary said that he has asked officials to discuss with the department of law about ways to remove such names. “The way to proceed is not decided yet. I opine that it is not right to give the names of deities to bars. We will bring an amendment to the Act if we receive support from people. I will hold discussions with officials in this connection,” he said.