The Telangana Rashtra Samithi government has turned Telangana into a "den of drug abuse and peddling" by adopting an "open-gate" excise policy.
This was alleged by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. Party spokesman Krishna Saga Rao accused IT minister K T Rama Rao of promoting western culture.
Under his leadership, the state was turning from the proposed “Bangaru Telangana” into "Udta Telangana", alluding to the Bollywood film "Udta Punjab" which focuses on the drug menace in Punjab.
Rao said his party "100 per cent" believes that the drug menace in the state took off steeply after the TRS government came to power.
"The brazen open gate excise policy adopted by the TRS government has led to a natural rise in drug availability and supply to Telangana state as we firmly believe drugs are only an evolutionary phase of alcohol abuse," he said.
He alleged that in the name of 'Happening Hyderabad' initiative, KTR had promoted an environment which can drive drug abuse and peddling in the city.
He said the land-locked Hyderabad, unlike beach-side tourist destinations such as Goa or the commercial capital like Mumbai, was never a hot spot for party-goers.
But the rock concerts -- which were not part of either Telangana or Indian culture -- promoted in the name of "Happening Hyderabad" brought with them abusers and peddlers, resulting in the local population getting introduced to such substances, he said.
