Liquor Policy is pragmatic and practical says V.M. Sudheeran

There are lots of controversies and debates going on for the recently made Liquor Policy of Kerala which has badly affected the tourism industry of Kerala. State Congress president V.M. Sudheeran, who describes himself as the least autocratic and has been at the receiving end of criticism from his own party head-honchos for his adamant stand on Kerala’s new liquor policy, has said that the state’s liquor policy is both pragmatic and practical.

He was speaking on the sidelines of winding up his statewide month-long yatra, which will end Tuesday with a meeting here in the presence of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

The liquor policy which was announced in August, following a tough stand taken by Sudheeran, aims to achieve prohibition in a phased manner by October 2023.

Earlier this, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the Kerala assembly that though the fundamental rules in the policy would not be changed, certain corrections would be made with regards to the tourism sector and the rehabilitation of about 7,000 employees of the bars.

Sudheeran came under attack from his party colleagues, state Excise Minister K. Babu and senior Congress leader Vakkom Purushothaman, who went public by describing Sudheeran’s stand as impractical.

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