Prohibition on consuming Alcoholic Drinks in Gujarat - What a Joke!!!!!!

Gujarat government boasts of so many things, fast urbanization, Sardar Sarovar Project and a lot many ambitious infrastructural projects taking place in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat and Rajkot; and they deserve the credits, but what about something that has been one of the unique features of the state, one different identity separating it from the lot, the PROHIBITION.

Is it on paper or practice?

Yesterday 17 (some claim it to be 16) people died by consuming country liquor in Ahmedabad, and they are demanding to penalise the manufacturers of the adulterated liquor. Do we have the sense that Laws are meant to be followed? And what about the mascots of Law? What are they doing? Newspapers are publishing photographs of people preparing country liquor on the banks of Sabarmati, not in some unused warehouse. The workers look as casual in the photograph as if they are preparing seer in the lap of nature. Is it what the Police force is supposed to do?

If there is a law, it has to be followed at any cost. Nobody is superior to it, nobody can be spared. It is the respect towards the constitution that is entirely missing.

Crime rate is not on the lower side in Gujarat compared to most of Indian states for no reason. Prohibition is one of the reasons, at least people are not openly boozing and hooting, so there arises no question of relieving the prohibition as, to whatever extent it is prevalent, it is beneficial for the state.

Relieving the law, because it cannot be practised would be the inability of the administration to realize it. It would be shedding the responsibility or getting rid of the necessary baggage.

The question here is that why some people are fearlessly breaking the laws and are feeling proud about it? There are localities where even five years old kid knows, where to go if someone is in need of liquor. Though on a larger spectrum, the so called civilised class of people refrains to get indulged in these practices, there also exists a class of irresponsible citizens(???) caring a damn for the laws.

Do the administrators not have the courage or the dedication is missing?

It requires guts to do what you believe, if you believe in idealism. The Gujarat of Gandhi can never be like this. We need to have the profound belief in principles like Mahatma Gandhi and firmness like Sardar Patel. Are we maintaining the heritage? Is it for what the millions of brave freedom fighters struggled? Is it for what they gave away their lives like anything?
They wanted to prevent our country from being exploited. They prevented it from being exploited by the Britishers, but now Indians themselves are taking the privilege.