Leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) staged a dharna at NTR statue in the town in Krishna district on March 19, demanding the stoppage of sale of ‘J-brand’ liquor in the State, thereby prevent ‘liquor deaths’.
Following the Statewide call given by the TDP, the protesters led by former MLA T. Sowmya organised a protest. They alleged that many fake brands were being sold and poor people were forced to buy cheap liquor, causing deaths.
In Vijayawada, the TDP activists staged a protest in front of a liquor shop. MLA Gadde Rammohan Rao and the women, carrying liquor bottles, organised a dharna. They raised slogans against the liquor policy in the State. The TDP leaders allege that cheap liquor has killed many people but the government was showing them as natural deaths.
