Fake liquor policies turned fatal – Varikuti Ashok Babu

Tadepalli, October 26: YSR Congress Party Vemuru in-charge Varikuti Ashok Babu held Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu squarely responsible for the Kurnool bus fire tragedy, declaring it a government-made massacre caused by the spread of spurious liquor under his rule.
Addressing the media, Ashok Babu said the coalition government’s liquor policy has turned every village into a “24-hour liquor ATM.” He accused Chandrababu and Lokesh of turning the state into a liquor den by handing over shops to private individuals and TDP leaders, who now run illegal belt shops and fake liquor factories. “Even cool drink stalls are selling liquor. Thousands are dying, and this government is the killer,” he charged.
He alleged that the bus driver involved in the tragedy was intoxicated, proving that the accident stemmed from the rampant, unregulated sale of adulterated liquor. “The government is profiting from the blood of the poor,” he said, adding that the administration’s silence exposes its complicity.
Ashok Babu demanded a CBI probe and called for Chandrababu Naidu to be named Accused No.1, Lokesh as Accused No.2, the Excise Minister as Accused No.3, and the Transport Minister as Accused No.4.
“The YSRCP government once ensured strict regulation. Now, under Chandrababu’s corrupt regime, liquor floods the streets, fake brands kill people, and deaths are dismissed as accidents. This is not negligence, this is state-sponsored murder,” he declared.