Brewery project: Kummanam accuses govt of backing corporates

FORMER Mizoram Governor and BJP National Executive Committee member Kummanam Rajasekharan accused the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government of favouring large corporate monopolies, while neglecting the needs of farmers and local residents.

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Speaking on the 16th day of the BJP's hunger strike in front of the Elappully panchayat office on Wednesday, Kummanam criticised the state government for granting water rights to a liquor manufacturing company at a time when farmers in Kerala are struggling to secure water for agriculture due to the state's inability to fully enforce the Parambikulam-Aliyar agreement with Tamil Nadu. The hunger strike was organised to demand the cancellation of the permission given by the government to the liquor company to use water from the Malampuzha reservoir. Kummanam pointed out that while Kerala ministers M B Rajes