In Kerala there is no liquor ban. Liquor is available
in beverages outlets and in bars. Another intoxicant toddy is also available in
every nook and corner of the Kerala What will be now in Kerala to happen is a
bar ban and not liquor ban. The term ‘liquor ban’ is thus a misnomer.
A few
political and communal leaders consider that total liquor ban is impractical in
Kerala. According to them what we need is not a total ban but abstinence from
alcohol which should be achieved through planned awareness programmes. This
observation about abstinence is rather illogical because awareness programmes that
started from the time of Sree Narayana Guru reached nowhere. The most laughing
matter is, the Guru founded organisations are now headed by advocates of liquor.
I endorse
the comment of KPCC President V M Sudheeran that “Sree Narayana Guru’s
followers should work towards the success of the new liquor policy”.
It is the common
people to understand the hazard of liquor consumption and to work for the success
of the bar ban. The financial crisis now experienced in the State is not
of liquor policy as it is yet to be implemented.
K A Solaman
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