Gujarat prohibition law: Many a slip between the flask and lip | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express

Gujarat has banned liquor since 62 years, seen several relaxations, deaths, with methanol almost always the cause

With the death toll in the tragedy arising out of consumption of adulterated liquor in Gujarat rising to 42, with 97 under treatment, the Opposition has seized on it to put the BJP government on the mat, given that the state has had a prohibition policy since 1960, when it was carved out of Maharashtra.

In a bid to contain the fallout from the deaths – the maximum in the state since 148 died in 2009 after consuming similarly adulterated alcohol — authorities in Gujarat have been stressing that they were the result of “chemical poisoning”.

A release from the Home Department Wednesday termed the cause of death as consumption of “industry standard methanol chemical” by the victims.

Under fire from the Centre in Delhi over his government’s excise policy, Arvind Kejriwal, who was visiting Gujarat when the deaths happened, met the victims in hospital. Addressing mediapersons, he demanded compensation for the victims and said if their government was elected to power, it would strictly implement the prohibition law.

Congress-turned-BJP leader Alpesh Thakor, who visited Rojid, one of the affected villages in Botad, went so far as to ask politicians “not to distribute liquor” to win elections.

https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/gujarat-prohibition-law-hooch-tragedy-bjp-8056523/


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