Liquor ban will hit revenue, tourism: Sashi Tharoor
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New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Tuesday slammed the Kerala government’s decision to ban alcohol, saying that it will hit revenue and tourism in the state.
"It is a widely popular decision, but there are issues with which people have not yet grappled,” CNN-IBN quoted Shashi Tharoor as saying.
“One is the colossal hit that will be taken by the revenue as 22 percent comes from alchool excise. As a result, Kerala will have to cut on its social services which have given it a high social development standing in India," Tharoor said.
"There is a bit of political competition to show one is holier than thou but I don't think everything was fully thought through," he said.
He pointed out that the experiment to ban alcohol has worked in Gujarat and Manipur, but has failed in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and US.