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Alcohol vending machines draw controversy in India

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May 1, 2023

Politicians in Tamil Nadu, India, have criticized the government for introducing vending machines to sell bottled liquor.

G.K. Vasan, president of the Tamil Maanila Congress in Tamil Nadu, criticized the DMK government for introducing vending machines to sell bottled liquor instead of closing liquor stores as promised, according to a report in The Hindu.

Vasan said the machines will encourage wrong behavior among young people.

Edappadi K. Palaniswami, an opposition leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, also criticized the installation of a liquor vending machine at a shopping mall in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, after the Nadu State Marketing Corporation installed the machine, according to a daijiworld.com report. The Nadu organization said more such machines will be installed.