The Gujarat government’s move to allow liquor consumption in GIFT City campus has triggered strong reactions from the Opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party as the parties have called the decision as a step to backdoor removal of prohibition in the State.
On Friday, the State government announced a new policy in a radical departure of its stringent dry law to allow alcohol consumption at hotels/restaurants/clubs offering “wine and dine” within the International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) near the State capital Gandhinagar.
After the decision, the principal opposition party Congress and AAP deemed it an unfortunate move that could harm the youth and affect the law and order situation in the State where prohibition has been in place from the time Gujarat was carved out as a separate State in 1960.
