BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari has said that the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) is making 74% of the liquor procurement from 16 out of 100-plus companies registered with it, to benefit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders, who have “forcibly taken over the distilleries” and flooded the market with their own brands.
Addressing the mediapersons at the State party office here on October 25, Ms. Purandeswari alleged that YSRCP MPs P.V. Midhun Reddy and V. Vijay Sai Reddy were behind the S.P.Y. Agro Distilleries (SPYAD) and Adan Distillery Private Limited (ADPL) respectively.
Apart from this, only cash payments were being accepted at the liquor shops in spite of the availability of multiple digital payment options. It facilitated the siphoning of a sizeable chunk of the revenue earned, she alleged.
