TDP’s unchecked spurious liquor claims 20 lives

Tadepalli, October 27: YSR Congress Party spokesperson Are Shyamala held the Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government directly responsible for the Kurnool bus fire tragedy that claimed 20 innocent lives, saying it was the result of spurious liquor freely sold through illegal belt shops operating under TDP’s protection.
Speaking to the media at the party’s central office, she said the biker involved in the accident had consumed liquor past midnight at the Lakshmipuram belt shop, which was immediately shut down after the incident. The government’s refusal to release CCTV footage, she said, clearly indicates a cover-up. “If the footage is clean, why is the government hiding it?” she questioned.
Shyamala accused the Naidu regime of turning the state into a liquor-run economy, with over one lakh illegal belt shops functioning across Andhra Pradesh, many openly managed by TDP MLAs and local leaders. Despite introducing QR codes to verify liquor authenticity, not a single scan has been demonstrated. “Who will scan when the same TDP mafia controls the shops?” she asked.
She stated that fake liquor factories, like the one exposed in Mulakalacheruvu, are operating statewide, manufacturing and distributing counterfeit liquor through TDP-linked syndicates, an organized crime network orchestrated by Chandrababu Naidu and his son Lokesh.
She said unrestricted liquor sales are leading to rising crimes, domestic violence, and assaults on women, while law and order have collapsed. “This government is watching silently as lives are lost and families destroyed,” she said.
Calling the SIT probe a smokescreen to shield the guilty, Shyamala added that public outrage is growing, evident from the overwhelming response to the YSRCP’s One Crore Signatures Campaign against medical college privatization.
“Under YSRCP, every 50 homes had a welfare volunteer. Under this regime, every 50 homes have a belt shop,” she concluded.