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TopicLiquor Lobby

Topic: Liquor Lobby

Ponty Chadha, Mallya era of flashy liquor barons over. ‘Kings’ want samaj sevak image now

State after state has moved to bring the liquor industry under its control. Now, the liquor kings' businesses are local, their swagger is limited and they function with no political patronage.

Why the women’s march for prohibition in Karnataka was bound to fizzle out

The women had pinned their hopes on CM Kumaraswamy but various factors are at play, from a liquor lobby & huge revenues to even history being against them. 

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