The BJP Government that trumpets about development has made liquor as a source of income in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh State Congress Committee spokesperson Jaswant Cladius said after the formation of the State when the Congress rule in the year 2001-02, the per person consumption of beer was 177ml, and that of foreign liquor was 382ml and local liquor 463ml, but during the Raman rule in the last 10 years, consumption of beer has been increased to 761ml, foreign liquor 1.113 litre and local liquor 1.190ml per person.
Similarly, he said, the per person consumption of beer, foreign and local liquor has been increased to 330 per cent, 191 per cent and 157 per cent respectively. However, the illegally sold liquor has not been included in this figure. Cladius said, “The BJP Government has promoted boozing in the State and many promising youths and children of the State have come under its grip.” “The BJP, on one hand, has been prompting Mahatma Gandhi in advertisements of Excise Department, on other, made it a State affected by alcoholism by its excise policy,” he added.
He said, the BJP leaders, who boost themselves as the carriers of Indian culture, were distributing liquor, to woo the voters in the Assembly election. BJP candidates and their supporters are included in the cases of seizure of illegal liquor came forth across the State. “Because of the habbit of boozing, clashes in families have been on the rise. On the other hand, people are destroying their assets in want of liquor, the direct effect of which has been on the mothers and sisters of Chhattisgarh. Now people understand this, and have decided to defeat the BJP Government in the State,” he said.