Chennai : Actor Suriya has condemned the issue of liquor and said that governments should immediately stop the violence they have been perpetrating against their own people for years by encouraging alcoholism.
In a statement regarding the Kallakurichi poisoned liquor incident that rocked the country, actor Surya said, “50 consecutive deaths in a small town is a tragedy that does not happen even during calamities such as storms, rains and floods. It is alarming that more than a hundred people are still in the hospital. The successive deaths and the cries of the victims are heart-wrenching.
But this conventional approach of short-term solution to a long-term problem will definitely not work. Last year, 22 people died after drinking poison mixed with methanol in Villupuram district. The government promised to take serious action. Now in the neighboring district people have died in droves after drinking the same poisonous alcohol mixed with methanol and it is very sad that no change has taken place till now.
The people of Tamil Nadu, who vote to improve their lives, are constantly watching the plight of the governments that have ruled us for more than twenty years by putting Tasmac and forcing people to drink. ‘Prohibition policy’ ends up being only an election time talking point for all political parties.
Drug addicts who drink for 150 rupees in Tasmac buy poison for 50 rupees and drink it when they do not have money. When will we all realize that the problem of alcoholics is not an individual problem, but a problem of each family, of the whole society?
Governments themselves should immediately stop the violence they have been perpetrating against their own people for years by encouraging alcoholism.
Only if the government and political parties act with foresight, such tragic deaths can be prevented in the future. Along with the people, I hope that the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will take decisions in the interest of the people on the prohibition policy after passing the short-term solution. Strong condemnation of the administration for failing to stop the illegal sale of poison. Deep condolences to the dead. Praying for the recovery of those who are in the hospital.
