TDP demands judicial probe into liquor policy

Vijayawada Former minister and TDP senior leader K.S. Jawahar on Saturday demanded a judicial inquiry into the revenue generated through liquor sales and how this revenue is being diverted to his henchmen.

Addressing media persons here, he said that before coming to power, Chief Minister Y S. Jagan Mohan Reddy promised to impose prohibition but after coming to power and becoming Chief Minister he transformed it into a maximum generating revenue source.

Jagan had said that he did not want to see any woman becoming widow due to liquor consumption but after coming to power he made liquor business as major source of income. How many people died after consuming he strange brands of liquor and how many women became widows after Jagan became Chief Minister, he asked.

He alleged that Jagan made prohibition a hoax and always he thinks how to make more money by selling liquor and share it with his henchmen, the TDP leader said.