Opposition to BJP MP’s demand to prohibit use of arecanut grows
The Hindu
Opposition is growing from various stakeholders of arecanut, including from a senior farm scientist, to the reported demand by the MP from Godda constituency in Jharkhand Nihikant Dubey to prohibit th
Opposition is growing from various stakeholders of arecanut, including from a senior farm scientist, to the reported demand by the MP from Godda constituency in Jharkhand Nihikant Dubey to prohibit the use of arecanut for human consumption claiming it caused deadly diseases like cancer.
A section of media reported last week that Mr. Dubey, representing the BJP, wrote to the PM listing a number of harmful effects consumption of arecanut on human health and urged prohibition of its use. He, however, has said that it can be allowed for use in religious ceremonies.
Senior farm scientist and former Director of the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod P. Chowdappa, Puttur-based All India Areca Growers’ Association and Sirsi-based Totagars’ Cooperative Sale Society (TSS) Ltd. have strongly opposed the demand. Earlier, the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd. had condemned the demand.
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