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 Today, alcohol prohibition in Gujarat is an outdated, corruption and crime breeding, short sighted law which must be systematically removed.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.Former Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie, a teetotaler, says Says Gandhi wouldn't have favoured prohibition
Submitted by maltmarch on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 12:02am. ::
At a function held by Federation of Gujarat Industries (FGI) in Vadodara last year, former Union Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie came down heavily on Gujarat's prohibition policy. Shourie advised the Gujarat government to scrap the policy and said that it was hypocritical and corrupting. A teetotaler himself, Shourie was of the opinion that the policy could be scrapped without harming Gandhian principles. "We need to liberate our notions on many things. Prohibition is one of them. We have only held that portion of Gandhi that has helped the smugglers (bootleggers). If the prohibition policy is scrapped in state, the government could raise Rs 1,500 crore which could be used for the welfare of weaker sections of the society".
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