Sources have stated that TRS Government has turned Telangana into a "den of drug abuse and peddling" by adopting an "open-gate" excise policy. Meanwhile when accusing IT minister K T Rama Rao of promoting western culture, a BJP leader charged the government with making the state "Udta Telangana", alluding to the Bollywood film "Udta Punjab" which focuses on the drug menace in Punjab.
Meanwhile the opposition party's charge against the state government comes in the backdrop of the investigation by the special investigation team (SIT) of the Prohibition and Excise Department, which busted drug rackets here earlier this month.
Sources have stated that the SIT had also summoned a dozen personalities from the Telugu film industry or Tollywood, to question them in connection with the case. State BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said his party "100 per cent" believes that the drug menace in the state took off steeply after the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) government came to power. Meanwhile The BJP functionary 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.
