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Old wine in new bottle: Lok Satta on new liquor policy proposal
In a letter, Lok Satta Party Working President D. V. V. S. Varma requested Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to convene an all-party meeting for discussing the new liquor policy.
According to media reports, the team which studied the systems prevailing in a number of States suggested that liquor shops be allotted on a lottery basis.
Mr. Varma pointed out it is strange that the team seeks to revive the Chandrababu Naidu Government policy instead of opting for State take-over of retail trade in liquor as in Delhi and Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Varma said that most political parties in the State are in favor of the State Government taking over retail liquor trade and restricting liquor consumption through limiting the number of shops and the days and hours of their working.
Mr. Varma warned the Chief Minister that revival of the Chandrababu policy will neither produce good results nor enhance the Government's image.
Lok Satta dissolves Tirupati, Chittoor committees
Lok Satta Party Working President D. V. V. S. Varma today dissolved the Tirupati town and Chittoor district committees of the party for persistent acts of indiscipline.
He named an ad hoc committee for Tirupati town with Mr. J. Venkateswarlu as convener and Mr. Siddaiah Naidu and Dr. P. Venugopal as members. An ad hoc committee for Chittoor district will be announced in a day or two.
Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan has given his clearance for the disciplinary action.
In a media statement, Mr. Varma said that top party leaders in the two units had stymied party functioning by resorting to mutual allegations. They had thwarted party headquarters’ attempts at reconciliation under some pretext or the other.