YSRCP MP alleges illicit liquor being sold in Tirupati

Tadepalli: Citing information acquired by the party’s in-charge, Bhumana Abhinay, YSRCP MP Maddila Gurumoorthy has claimed that illicit alcohol is being marketed in Tirupati.

Gurumoorthy said in a statement that the sales are being conducted under the supervision of the governing coalition headed by the TDP and that the temple city has turned into a major center for the illegal liquor trade, operating around the clock in flagrant violation of excise rules.

According to a statement from MP Gurumoorthy, Bhumana Abhinay examined more than a dozen liquor stores in Tirupati and discovered that the stores were open as early as 5:00 AM and beyond midnight, blatantly breaking the law’s time limitations, and that the liquor was being sold for at least Rs. 50 more than the MRP.

According to Gurumoorthy, this illicit liquor network represents the total collapse of government and regulatory enforcement in addition to endangering Tirupati’s holiness. He called on the government to act swiftly to prosecute those accountable and answer to the populace for transforming a sacred city into a haven of criminal activity.

Even in the shadow of Tirumala, the TDP alliance is stealing. “One can imagine the chaos elsewhere in the state if this is the case in a temple town,” he remarked.

Gurumoorthy criticized the YSRCP earlier on Saturday for what he called “false and politically driven” accusations of a liquor fraud.

Using harsh language, the MP said that the Andhra TDP Government was planning a vengeance to target former YSRCP officials and harm opposition politicians’ reputations via “fabricated cases, coerced confessions, and media manipulation.”

Gurumoorthy said that the current administration was abusing the “Red Book Constitution” to investigate former officials while neglecting a purported liquor fraud that occurred between 2014 and 2019 when Naidu was the previous chief minister. The YSRCP MP used CID and ACB papers from that time period to claim that Naidu was designated as culprit No. 3 in an FIR, with the Excise Commissioner and his then-Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra labeled as the major culprit.

The alleged corruption and irregularities in the State’s liquor industry between 2019 and 2024 were the subject of Gurumoorthy’s testimony.