HYDERABAD: AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has urged the government to impose total prohibition in the state.
Speaking in the assembly during the budget session on Monday, Akbaruddin Owaisi said crimes against women were increasing because of addiction to liquor.
“The Gandhian policy of total prohibition should be introduced in the state,” Akbaruddin Owaisi said.
The AIMIM MLA from Chanrayangutta explained that there was hardly any effort by the government to educate people against consumption of liquor. He said the government was earning huge amounts through the sale of liquor.
“Since this is the case, the name of the Excise and Prohibition should be changed. In this scenario, it is better to drop the word ‘prohibition’ from the name of the department,” he said.
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Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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