BH Khardekar in the first Lok Sabha said in the Constituent Assembly in 1948, “...you do not know the essential difference between a drinker and a drunkard”.
It is a malaise that runs deep in our society but we should keep a vigil on the efficacy of the ban.
When the US imposed the ban on liquor during the first half of the 20th century, it established that prohibition leads to an increase in organized crime. There was an increase in illicit liquor trade and corruption amongst law enforcement agencies.
The move to ban the consumption and sale of liquor has been more of a populist intervention on part of the government. Gujarat, the so-called dry state has a thriving illegal liquor industry. Various states like Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala who once imposed bans .........................to continue reading this topic click here
