The BJP has been fighting this policy to the nail for the entire time that it's been in place. The immediate result has been a shortage of alcohol, which is basically been going on all summer. A lot of the new shops just sold down their stock and then shut down. Buzzing restaurants ran dry for weeks. People in Delhi dug out their bootlegious phone numbers again. So do you think this reversal is permanent or will we see those private shops opening up again? For now, Delhi's a much drier city. All the shops that sell alcohol are run by the government, the stock availability is still really bad. You sometimes go into one and they have one type of fear