Demanding a CBI inquiry into the “irregularities” in the sale of liquor in Andhra Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president D. Purandeswari said on Saturday that she had already written a letter to the Union Health Ministry over the problems being faced by the people after consumption of the liquor being sold in the State.
Ms. Purandeswari was addressing the media after visiting the Gastroenterology Ward in the King George Hospital (KGH) here. She was accompanied by former MLA P. Vishnu Kumar Raju, Visakhapatnam parliamentary constituency president M. Ravindra and others.
As many as 52 patients were being treated for ‘liver cirrhosis’ in the ward, and most of them had been ailing due to consumption of cheap liquor, she said. The BJP leader also spoke to the patients and appealed them to stop consuming alcohol in the future.
