Marri Shashidhar criticizes KCR for promoting liquor addiction

Adilabad: Senior BJP leader and in-charge of the erstwhile Adilabad district, Marri Shashidhar said on Tuesday that lakhs of poor and middle-class families were ruined by liquor addiction during the rule of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

The highest quantum of liquor sales are in Telangana, compared to all other states, he said.

He appealed to the women to think of their families being ruined by liquor addiction and think whether there was any need for a government that encouraged liquor addiction to fill its coffers with money.

He was speaking to the media after holding a meeting with the party leaders about strategies to strengthen the party in Adilabad district and in the Adilabad and Boath assembly constituencies.

Shashidhar alleged that Mission Bhagiratha was nothing more than painting new colours to the old water tanks and repairing the old pipelines.

He criticised the state government for diverting the central government funds allocated to the gram panchayats without the knowledge of respective Sarpanches.

The BJP leader held meetings with the party workers and leaders of Komaram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial. 

Party district president Payal Shankar, Ayyannagari Bhumanna, Suhasini Reddy, Mayuri Chandra, Jogu Ravi, Chilkuri Jyoti, Dinesh Matolia, Suryakiaran and Mahender were present.