Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Sunday hit out at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for his "wine is not liquor" comment and said that the latter is saying so because he has a partnership with a wine company and has a big investment in the business which gives him a profit of Rs 100 crores annually.

"Wine is not liquor. If wine sale increases, farmers will benefit from it. We've done this to double farmers' income," Raut had said on Friday defending his government's decision to allow the sale of wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores.