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Control liquor prices and ban toxic brands

Telugu Desam Party · Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2024

Last updated 14 Jun 2026

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Original manifesto wording

“Control liquor prices and ban toxic liquor brands.”

From the Telugu Desam Party manifestoView Manifestop.7

Our Assessment

Delivered as policy. A new excise policy was cleared by Cabinet on 18 September 2024 and took effect in October 2024: it restored private retail, set affordable liquor priced from about Rs 99, allowed major IMFL brands, and was framed explicitly as a way to curb the spurious/illicit liquor trade that the government said had grown under the previous regime. It is a revenue-generating reform rather than the phased prohibition the party had previously favoured.