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Palakkad(Kerala), Oct 23 (PTI) A Kerala government-backed proposal to set up a liquor plant in Elappully village here is facing stiff opposition from the panchayat, which recently held a grama sabha to collect signatures against the project.

The village panchayat is to explore a legal route to stop the project.

However, the state government appears unfazed by the panchayat’s initiative. Local Self Government and Excise Minister M B Rajesh said on Thursday that the panchayat was “not an independent sovereign republic" and was subject to the laws of the land.

He said that the brewery project was approved by the state cabinet, subject to it getting all necessary permissions.

“If it gets all the requisite permissions, there is no hurdle against its establishment un

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