HC decision on Coke, Pepsi unfortuate: JD (S)

Kozhikode, Sep 22 (UNI) Describing Kerala High Court quashing the state government's decision banning cola products as ''unfortunate'', the Janata Dal (Secular) today said the order was against the interests of the people and favourable to '' the health of the soft drink manufacturers'' in the state.

Party state unit president M P Veerendra Kumar, MP, in a release here said the government should have gone in for a detailed study of the issue before imposing the ban.

He called upon the government to take further steps to ban the products in the state again after making necessary amendments in the existing law.

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