comes, ironically, from Gandhi's Dandi March (also called Salt March) 75 years ago, which protested the salt laws of the British rule in India. Gandhi, who also said that you have the duty to disobey unjust laws, was the chief proponent of an alcohol-free India. One of our objectives is to make a case that the context under which Gandhi instituted prohibition is not valid today. Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed. Keeping up with Bapu's spirit, the Maltmarch community plans to march to the Sachivalay and have a drink in defiance of the prohibition law (date undecided). 
Donors will get a summary of where & how their funds were used. Don't worry, we don't use donation money to buy booze.Is there is corelation between crime rate and prohibition?
Most of the pro-prohibition people I meet say prohibition is good because it keeps Gujarat crime free (ironically, many people have told me this while carrying a drink in their hand). That argument couldn't be more false. Here's a statistical analysis on states with highest crime rates- from this story. Its interesting to note that the beer & whisky guzzling, fun loving Punjabis have the lowest crime rate (per capita) in the country - in spite of Punjab's terrorism-tainted past. The figures below are from 2000, pre-Godhra incident and population figures are from the sensex. As the statistics below prove, prohibition does not lower crime. Cheers to that! (scroll down to view the statistics or download file)
I know for sure that the crime rate in the US went up during prohibition. Also in many other countries who tried prohibition.
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