Reserve part of Excise revenue for treatment of liver cirrhosis: BJP MLCs

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BJP members of the Legislative Council, connected Monday, appealed to the State authorities to reserve 20% of the gross from the merchantability of liquor successful the State for the attraction of radical suffering from liver cirrhosis.

N. Ravi Kumar, Chief Whip of the BJP, stated that galore radical addicted to liquor had been suffering from liver cirrhosis. They request liver transplantation and the attraction demands betwixt ₹10 lakh and ₹32 lakh. “In the involvement of patients and their families, the authorities should reserve a portion of the gross for their treatment,” helium said.

K.S. Naveen and Bharathi Shetty, besides from the BJP, and others joined issue. K.B. Shivakumar, newly-nominated member, elaborated connected the interaction of intoxicant summation connected the tribal families successful agrarian areas. He stressed the request for measures to halt intoxicant consumption. Ramesh Babu of the Congress said that the addiction to the depletion of baccy caused cancer. The Centre should besides reserve a portion of the GST collected for the attraction of crab patients, helium said.

Published - December 08, 2025 09:27 p.m. IST

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