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‘Beer is a health drink’: Andhra Excise Minister

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‘Beer is a health drink’: Andhra Excise Minister
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Remark of Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar that beer is a “health drink” has triggered controversy with the main opposition party, YSR Congress, creating chaos over it.

The Minister, in an interview to a vernacular TV channel, had said the State government was planning to endorse beer as a ‘health drink.’  Not only that, when the anchor asked in which way was beer a health drink, the Minister invited the anchor for a meeting wherein he could list the scientific reasons.

In the meantime, the video of the interview has gone viral on the social media.

https://youtu.be/anIDijqW0bE

YSR Congress MLA RK Roja quickly responded on the remark and asked “what was stopping the Telugu Desam government from selling beer in medical shops and distributing it as a nutritional supplement to newborns, pregnant women and students in general if it is a health drink.”

Roja said she did not expect such a remark from the Minister who was a Dalit and former teacher.

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