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 Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed.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). 
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Call it what you will, but today's TOI's article "Its official, liquor laws relaxed" is a step towards gradual relaxation of prohibition. The article states Amit Shah, Minster of state for Home, saying "Liquor permits would be issued by prohibition officers and authorised officer of the special economic zone, and hotel managers could issue them to tourists from other states and foreigners". Of course, it will create a rush to get fake identity papers to prove we're not Gujarati's - but out of towners who have more rights that the blind residents here, but so be it. Do not expect much in an election year. But given the opposition, this is a step in the right direction under the nose of blind ideology followers.
When hypocrisy is a way of life, whereby even the opposers have a history of making a mockery of prohibition (case in point, the current opposition was responsible for issuing the highest number of liquor permits and liquor shop licences in any year), the public passively accepts a sneaky change rather than a fresh overview on why prohibition is not the solution to the intended objectives behind it.
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