No permission to distillery or brewery: CM Jagan
Deccan ChronicleVIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy stated on Wednesday that the YSR Congress government did not grant any permission to distilleries for the manufacturing of liquor. Asserting that the ‘brands’ of YSRC government are its welfare schemes, the chief minister said brands like the President Medal, Boom-Boom beer, Governor Reserve, Powerstar 999 were all the brands of Chandrababu. Jagan said ‘backstabbing politics’ is the trademark of Chandrababu and “he was acting the same way even on the liquor issue.” Jagan affirmed that “there is no cheap liquor in the state” and all the liquor being supplied is getting processed and distilled from licensed distilleries after tests by both the company and the government. “While the present government is bringing in 16 new medical colleges and 16 new districts, the previous government gave permission to 14 new distilleries and 254 brands,” he said.