The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and cadres continued their State-wide protests on Sunday by taking to the roads and raising slogans against Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
They demanded immediate ban on what they called ‘J’ brand of cheap liquor that had allegedly claimed innocent lives in the State. They said women from the economically backward sections were the worst-hit. The steep hike implemented in the prices of liquor, which was in stark contrast to Mr. Jagan’s promise to implement total prohibition in a phased manner, had forced the poor to buy illicit liquor and country arrack, resulting in loss of lives, they said.
