Minister Narayana:
An interesting incident took place in the auction of liquor shops in AP. Liquor shop syndicates are ruled by politicians across the state, but in Nellore, the issue of handing over the liquor shops to the followers of the applications made on behalf of Minister Narayana has become a topic of discussion.
Minister Narayana: In the auction process of AP liquor stores, as expected, politics got the upper hand. Most of the liquor shops across the state are owned by local syndicates. In this sequence, an interesting development took place in Nellore district. Minister Narayana spent Rs 2 crore as application fee in the auction of liquor shops in Nellore. Around 100 applications were submitted to various shops.
His followers submitted 100 applications on behalf of Minister Narayana. Three of the applications got shops in the lottery. In the recent elections there was a rumor that Narayana himself spent his own money on his followers who worked for him. Liquor shops won in the lottery were handed over to active followers.
Party leaders and activists who worked for Narayana’s victory in the election participated in the auction with their own money of Rs 2 crore. Three of these applications got shops in the lottery. Nellore leaders say that each shop has been handed over to six people.
A petrol pump boy got a shop in NTR district…
NTR for Shop No. 80 in Penuganchiprolu of NTR District. A person named Ramakrishna applied. Penuganchi Pros have been working as a petrol station boy for the past ten years. He got lucky in the lottery when he applied with some friends.
Telangana shops for business in AP
Telangana residents got licenses for shop number 6 in Vatsavai, NTR district and shop number 8 in Penuganchiprolu. In Vatsavai, the licenses of three shops have been awarded to the Telangana state. Cherukupalli Satyanarayana from Banapuram district Khammam got the 36th shop, Bandi Anusha from Rajanna Sirisilla district got the 7th shop and Thallapalli Raju from Husnabad in Siddipet district got the 81st shop.
Vijayawada shops for indoor traders..
Shop No. 14 and 18 in Vijayawada went to Rahul Shivare and Arpit Shivare from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. A shop in Machilipatnam was acquired by Mahesh Bathe from Karnataka and another shop by Lokesh Chand from Delhi. Liquor merchants from Odisha have got two shops in Pathapatnam constituency of Srikakulam district.