Anti-development attitude is in the blood of Kerala. One of the biggest examples of this is the delay in national highway development. Malayalees are people who have been to all parts of the world and seen all the good roads and related systems. However, it is one of the habits of the Malayalees to delay the same developments for years by spreading unrest and unnecessary fear when it is about to happen in their own state. It existed almost universally without any political distinction, until a few years ago. The development of the National Highway, Kochi Metro and Vizhinjam Port, which were thought never to happen, has brought about a big change in this attitude.

It is now widely accepted that Kerala is a suitable place for big industrialists to do business like any other South Indian state. Kerala is also proving that the state industries department's policies according to the changed times are not against development. It is the responsibility and duty of the administrators to prove that new initiatives will come and succeed in Kerala if the tendency of academics to go abroad is to be curbed. The Kerala government's decision to start a brewery in Kanjikode should also be viewed in this context. Trying to stop it in the name of drinking water availability and environmental damage etc. can be seen as an indication that the evils of the old anti-development attitude have not gone away even today.

The opposition parties should also understand that spreading news that there is conspiracy and corruption behind any scheme even before it comes, will not make the public believe it is true as they used to once. It is quite welcome that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan clearly stated in the assembly that the government will not back down from the decision to start Kanjikode Brewery. Through this, an investment of 600 crores, direct employment for 650 people and indirect employment for 2000 people, is expected to happen. Seven out of ten distilleries in Kerala were started during the UDF rule. No tender was called at that time to give permission to them. License can be granted to qualified persons as per existing law. It has been clarified in the Liquor Policy that no tender is required for it. It is impractical to call tender when investors come to start an industry. It is very relevant that the Chief Minister asked in the Legislative Assembly "When the Tata Group comes to start a company, can we say, 'Wait, let us call for tenders'?"

Industrial spirit, ethanol etc. reach Kerala from Karnataka and Maharashtra. More than 3000 crore rupees are flowing to other states because of this. The average transportation charge is Rs.10 per litre. This alone will be around Rs 400 crores. If the brewery starts in Kerala, the transportation charge will be reduced to two rupees. 300 crores can be saved in this way alone. Moreover, it will also benefit the farmers of Palakkad as spirits are made in the brewery using various agricultural products. The officials of Oasis Commercial Private Limited clarified that the company will not have to depend on other sources of water if the reservoirs are installed on a five-acre land and rainwater is collected. The brewery does not require even a fraction of the water transported from Mullaperiyar to Tamil Nadu to operate. It makes no sense to cover up all this and kill the brewery for political gain.