Tadepalle (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): YSR Congress Party Vemuru in-charge Varikuti Ashok Babu slammed Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, terming the Kurnool bus tragedy , which claimed 19 lives, a government-made massacre caused by the spread of spurious liquor under his rule, a press release by YSRCP said.

Addressing the media, Ashok Babu said the coalition government's liquor policy has turned every village into a "24-hour liquor ATM."

As per the release, he alleged that the bus driver involved in the tragedy was intoxicated, proving that the accident stemmed from the rampant, unregulated sale of adulterated liquor. "The government is profiting from the blood of the poor," he said, adding that the administration's silence exposes its complicity.

Ashok Babu demanded

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