CAMPCO condemns demand to prohibit use of arecanut
The Hindu
Jharkhand BJP MP Nihikant Dubey has written to Prime Minister saying that it causes diseases
Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), Mangaluru, has taken a strong exception to the reported demand by the Member of Parliament from Godda constituency in Jharkhand Nihikant Dubey to prohibit the use of arecanut for human consumption claiming that it caused deadly diseases like cancer.
CAMPCO said in a media statement here on Tuesday that a section of the media reported on Monday that Mr. Dubey, representing the BJP, wrote to the Prime Minister sometime ago listing out a number of harmful effects consumption of arecanut caused on human health and urged to prohibit its use. He, however, has said that it can be allowed for use in religious ceremonies.
President of the cooperative A. Kishore Kumar Kodgi and managing director H.M. Krishna Kumar said that arecanut has a plethora of medicinal properties both for human beings and livestock.