An independent candidate from Maharashtra is turning heads on the internet after she made a bizarre poll promise for her "poor voters".
Akhil Bhartiya Manavata Paksha candidate Vanita Raut, from Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, promised subsidised liquor if she won in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Raut said she would not only open beer bars in every village but also provide free imported whiskey and beer to the poor.
"Jahan gaanv, waha beer baar. Yahi mere mudde hain (Where there is a village, there is a beer bar. These are my poll issues)," Raut said, according to an India Today report.
She further added, "Extremely poor people toil hard and only find solace in drinking liquor. But they cannot afford quality whiskey or beer. They get to drink only country liquor and there is no limit to the quantity they consume, so they pass out. Hence, I want them to experience imported liquor and enjoy it. I want them to enjoy and enjoy only".
Raut said that the drinker as well as the vendor would need to have a licence, and only adults should be given the licence to drink alcohol.
She added that she wanted the feeling of guilt one attaches to booze to be erased from society's psyche.