Check spurious liquor sale, says all party panel

Mounting Pressure from all sides, an all-party delegation organised by anti-liquor activists committee demanded the Government to check sale of spurious liquor even as TDP demanded an inquiry into the incident.

An all-party delegation called on Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his Camp Office on Monday and appealed him to check sale of spurious liquor, which claimed 17 lives on the New Year eve in Mylavaram in Krishna district.

The delegation urged Chief Minister to enforce liquor prohibition to prevent recurrence of such tragic deaths in the state. To prevent nexus between Excise, police, politicians and liquor syndicate members, the delegation appealed to the Chief Minister to put liquor trade under total government control instead of public auction for liquor shops.

The members demanded that the government order a probe into Mylavaram incident and bring the guilty to book. They also appealed to the government to announce a compensation for the family members of liquor victims.

In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister, the delegation appealed that the government should study the liquor policy of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and New Delhi before framing new policy to prevent such tragic incidents. The delegation also demanded the government to make public ACB raids report and take stringent action on guilty.

The delegation includes, Mandava Venkateswara Rao (TDP), K Narayana (CPI), Bandaru Dattatreya (BJP), Manda Krishna Madiga (MRPS), Katari Srinivasa Rao (Lok Satta) and members from Jana Vignana Vedika.