Hyderabad, March 25 -- The Telangana Assembly witnessed uproar on Wednesday, March 25, after former prime minister Indira Gandhi was mentioned during a discussion on branding ippah (mahua) liquor by the Congress government. The reference was made by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, triggering protests.

It can be recalled that on Tuesday, March 24, the mention of Nathuram Godse and Mahatma Gandhi led to angry exchanges between the BJP and Congress legislators.

A little earlier, Congress MLA from Jadcherla J Anirudh Reddy spoke about the benefits of encouraging the extraction of ippah liquor, which is extracted from the ippah flowers found exclusively in forest areas.

Referring to various naturally derived liquors, including te...