Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Andhra
Pradesh unit president Somu Veerraju on Tuesday promised voters ‘quality’
liquor at Rs 50 per quarter bottle if
the party gets one crore votes in the next assembly elections. At present, a
quarter bottle of quality liquor is sold at over Rs 200.

Speaking at the party’s public rally in
Vijaywada on Tuesday, Veerraju said the state government is selling
“poor” quality liquor to people at higher prices. He alleged that all
fake brands are sold in the state for higher prices, while known and popular
brands are not available.

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The BJP state president said that every
person in the state was spending Rs 12,000 a month on liquor, which is again
given to them by the government in the name of one scheme or the other.

Veerraju asked those one crore liquor
consumers to vote BJP to the power of the state government in 2024. He said the
BJP will provide liquor for just Rs 70 and if more revenue is left, then, they
will provide liquor at Rs 50.

 “Cast one crore votes to Bharatiya Janata
Party and we will provide liquor for just ₹70. If we have more revenue left,
then, will provide liquor for just ₹50,” Veerraju said while addressing a rally
in Vijayawada on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported.

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The BJP state president alleged that the
ruling party leaders have liquor factories that supply cheap liquor to the
government.

The BJP is aiming to topple the YSR
Congress Party (YSRCP) government, headed by Jagan Mohan Reddy, in the next
assembly elections, scheduled in 2024. The “Praja Agraha Sabha” (a meeting to
express people’s anger) in Vijayawada was organised by Andhra Pradesh BJP where
former Union minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar urged the people
of the state to “put an end to the corrupt and destructive rule of chief
minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government” in 2024.

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He described the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
and YSRCP as family-dominated parties and said both indulged in massive
corruption.

Veeraraju, meanwhile, claimed that the BJP
is the only party capable of toppling the corrupt Jagan government. “We are confident
of forming the next government in the state,” he said.

The YSRCP had won the 2019 assembly
elections in Andhra Pradesh, winning 151 of the 175 seats. The TDP could only
manage to win 23 seats, while the BJP drew a blank.