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Coimbatore
Movement seeks lift on toddy tapping ban
January 9, 2016
With the ban on Jallikkattu gone, Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement (TDM) has renewed its appeal to revoke the 29-year-old ban on toddy tapping in the State.
Welcoming the Centre’s notification on Jallikattu, TDM Secretary S. Nallasamy said that it was during the harvest festival that toddy was tapped and it was unfortunate that the ban was only in Tamil Nadu, which was in contravention of the Constitution.
Stating that the Movement, for the last 10 years, was demanding those opposing toddy for an open debate to prove that toddy was harmful compared to Indian made foreign liquor, Nallasamy said that no one, “including registered political parties were brave enough to come forward for such a debate”.
He pointed out that Pongal festival would be complete only if Tamil Nadu Government took steps to lift the ban on toddy, failing which else it should “come and debate as challenged by the Movement”.
Nallasamy also sought to know from those, who were demanding total prohibition, whether they considered toddy as liquor, since they had the duty to enlighten the people on the evils of toddy.
