BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit president Daggubati Purandeswari has dared the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government to reveal the names of the proprietors of the companies manufacturing liquor in the State by October 14 evening, alleging that most of them are taken over by the ruling party leaders through intimidation and coercion.
Addressing the media here in the morning, Ms. Purandeswari termed as false the claims of the government and the YSRCP leaders that only 18.70% of the population was consuming liquor.
It was evident from the findings of the National Family Health Survey and CRISIL, which pegged the percentage of those consuming liquor at 23.50% (1.29 crore) and 34.50% (1.80 crore) respectively out of a population of 5.31 crore, she said.
