Telangana State Mahila Congress president Sunitha Rao today alleged that the state government was encouraging the continuation of illegal belt shops in the state.
Speaking to media persons, she alleged that the police, who were supposed to take action against the owners of the belt shops, were instead lathi-charging the women who were agitating against the continuation of the belt shops.
She warned the government that the Mahila Congress leaders would conduct raids on the belt shops of the state if the police didn't.
She also criticized the women cabinet ministers of the state for "not even reacting to the problems faced by the women of the state".
Rao also alleged that several state cabinet ministers were operating pubs and clubs through benamis, and that some ministers were even consuming banned gutka publicly and encouraging others to do the same.
Claiming that banned drugs and liquor were generally ruling the roost in Telangana, she lamented that the CM and ministers were not even giving appointments to her to lodge complaints with them.
She said that the state government would be completely responsible for the increasing crime rate in the state due to the liquor and drug proliferation.