Drinking beer instead of water not our culture: Sena

April 18, 2016 15:45

Two days after Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray demanded shutting down of water supply to breweries in drought-hit Aurangabad in Marathwada region, the party today said drinking beer instead of water is not our culture.

The Sena also took a veiled dig at State Rural Development minister Pankaja Munde for her comments that water supplied to industrial units is from their own quota and said the feeling among masses is that saving human lives should be the priority rather than saving industrial units.

Sena said the government needs to understand that at present, water should only be used to save human lives.

"It is not in our culture to drink beer instead of water and people residing in drought hit areas are not in a position to buy bottled drinking water," it said, adding, "Some BJP ministers are of the view that beer manufacturing units should get uninterrupted supply of drinking water. But, people want that human lives should be

saved first."

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