THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The archbishop of Trivandrum (Latin) Archdiocese and Kerala Catholic Bishops Council ( KCBC ) president M Soosa Pakiam has warned the LDF government of a serious public backlash if it comes out with a ‘wrong’ liquor policy , backtracking from its promise of bringing down the availability of liquor in the state.“The government was to announce the new liquor policy on April 1. I am sure that they have already prepared one, but the decision to postpone the announcement in the wake of Lok Sabha by-election in Malappuram suggests that the new policy would be anti-people and one favouring liquor mafia,” the archbishop told reporters here on Tuesday. If the policy had been formulated based on state’s interests, the LDF would have announced it on time to get an edge in the election, he pointed out.Pakiam said that people have already started reacting to a possible ‘anti-people and unjustified policy’. “The KCBC has already brought together various organizations working against alcohol consumption and drug abuse on a common platform. If the government comes out with a wrong policy, we will launch a strong agitation, which can cause a major setback for the LDF,” warned the archbishop.The government, he said, was making lame excuses not to implement the Supreme Court directive to remove liquor outlets on national and state highways, and the attorney general’s legal advice in this regard is a breach of Constitution and amounts to contempt of court. “The government has also distorted facts to suggest that tourism industry was impacted by the existing liquor policy and is trying to facilitate ‘a backdoor entry’ for more bars and liquor outlets,” he alleged.“The common public sentiment is to put an end to the ‘liquor culture’ in Kerala. If the government ignores this sentiment and favour liquor mafia instead, it will have to face a major setback,” he reiterated.