"Within 40 Days...": Chandrababu Naidu's Liquor Promise For Andhra Polls
NDTV
Telugu Desam leader Chandrababu Naidu made a spirited promise before the Lok Sabha and Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh - to supply good quality liquor at reasonable prices.
Come any election season in India and liquor flows like water before voting. For example, before five state polls last year, the Election Commission seized alcohol worth Rs 214.8 crore within weeks of the dates being announced. In Andhra Pradesh, however, the post-poll supply of liquor has made headlines - as a pre-poll promise by none less than ex-Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
The Telugu Desam leader made a spirited promise in his home constituency of Kuppam - to supply good quality liquor at reasonable prices if elected to power, both in the Lok Sabha and state polls.
"I am telling you... within 40 days (of his TDP forming the state government) not only quality liquor (but) we will take responsibility for reducing prices (as well)," Mr Naidu declared to voters.
