Hyderabad, Jan. 28 -- In a fresh attack on the ruling Congress government, former minister and senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Harish Rao said the administration had "opened the doors to fresh corruption" in the Telangana's Excise Department.

During a "Chit Chat" programme at Telangana Bhavan, the Siddipet MLA claimed that licences for microbreweries and liquor outlets were allotted through political and ministerial quotas. "This is just an excise scam was another in a series of scandals that would be exposed, including those related to Singareni," he said.

According to him, the Telangana Excise Department received 110 applications for microbrewery licences, of which 25 were allegedly earmarked under political quotas. "As man...