Home delivery of alcohol; government contradicts itself
Maharashtra government is planning to commemorate Gandhiji on his 150th birth anniversary in a very special way. The government has planned to initiate door delivery of alcohol soon. Excise minister has even issued a statement in this regard. Maharashtra will have the rare distinction of having started something so exquisite among civil services for the first time in the nation. Chief minister Fadnavis has decided to launch this since he does not have anything novel to impress upon people. He has even given a humanitarian reason to his decision. He says that have been many accidents involving drunk people in the recent times. Hence this measure would help check the number of those accidents. Because alcohol has been the main culprit in many incidents.
So you must understand this measure is not to increase alcohol sales but to check the number of accidents. The government will supply alcohol on the same lines as vegetables and groceries so that people save their precious lives owing to this scheme. Maharashtra government has reached the pinnacle of self discipline. It has camouflaged it's bad economic condition that has to be improved by alcohol sales. This measure will not reduce the number of people who will drink and still drive the cars home. The government still not explained what stops people from buying alcohol carrying at home in their own vehicles. With this measure bars will remain bars and homes will also become bus.
The rate of crime may increase instead of coming down. On one hand states like Bihar have been an example for the whole country to follow by banning sale of alcohol. Chief Minister of Bihar has said the rate of crime has come down ever since alcohol was banned in the state. Many states are planning to implement this ban in order to bring down crime and increase efficiency of civic services.
But the Maharashtra government is working in totally opposite direction. RSS has not opened its mouth regarding regularization of sale of alcohol in this manner though BJP speaks as if it is the only agency to uphold the culture of this country. RSS may have considered this as a reestablishment of Dharma because even the Gods and Goddesses consumed alcohol according to Puranas. All over the world, alcohol is one of the chief contributors of rising number of accidents. Can we ever imagine the drivers not to drink when we reach alcohol right to their homes?
In clear terms, only if we ban the sale alcohol, can we stop the drivers from consuming alcohol and driving their vehicles. Keeping the bars and arrack shops open and supplying alcohol directly to homes we can never bring down the rate of alcohol consumption or the rate of crime and accidents. Home delivery of alcohol is bound to have a negative effect on families and relationships within the families. Women will be the biggest victims of this illogical measure. Wives and children will wear heavy brunt on their lives with this. Children can see their parents drinking openly at home, which was an activity that used to happen behind closed doors earlier. This may have negative psychological impact and children may take to drinking sooner than later. excise department which is the biggest contributor to State's exchequer may still reap benefit.Through this the Maharashtra government is saying the Welfare of the society is really not its responsibility. State governments are taking shortcuts to compensate for the bad economical phase the country is passing through. By hook or by crook, they have to fill the coffers of the state's treasury.
As a result of this, Maharashtra government has given steep targets to officers and excise contractors. Which is why this novel idea of home delivery of alcohol seems to have come in their heads. The government which should have thought of novel ways of supplying wheat, rice, do, oil to people's homes has taken up upon itself the responsibility of supplying them with alcohol. When people talk about subsidies the government disease dismisses the stocks as anti developmental talks but now on the government here is criticism about home supply of alcohol it questions about how the government should keep the economy running, if not in this manner.
Looks like the government savita position where they have to run there so by regular rising sale alcohol and brothels or prostitution houses.Is unfortunate at the government laptop bottles of alcohol has come down to home delivering it for its own existence. The government needs to remember something. This measure may bring it some revenue. But this will be a major contributing factor for peoples ill health, economic distress and families breaking up. State's social fabric will suffer as the sale alcohol increases.
This will also contribute to the breaking down of moral consciousness among people. The sale of alcohol will have to be compensated with more than double the expenses on getting people health on track, and getting socio economic situation at a good level. No country is should be forced to run it show by the sale of alcohol. Let those days never descend upon us.
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Speaker rules out discussion on Guv''s conduct amid K''taka Assembly standoff
Bengaluru (PTI): In an effort to end the logjam over the Governor's address that has stalled proceedings for the past week, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Wednesday ruled that legislators should not discuss Thaawarchand Gehlot or his conduct in the house, saying such debates send the wrong message to the public.
The House has witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments since the session began on January 22 over the issue of the governor's conduct.
During his address to the joint sitting of the Karnataka legislature on January 22, Gehlot read out only three sentences from the 122-paragraph speech prepared by the state government.
The speech included criticism of the Centre for replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajivika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), portions of which the governor declined to read.
Concluding his address in about two minutes, the governor left the house, triggering a commotion as Congress legislators attempted to gherao him and raised slogans.
While the opposition BJP accused the ruling Congress and its ministers of "insulting" the governor and demanded action, the treasury benches countered by claiming the governor had "insulted the National Anthem by leaving before it was played."
The house again witnessed heated arguments on the issue earlier in the day, leading to adjournment.
During the interruption, Khader held a meeting with ministers and opposition members to resolve the impasse.
When proceedings resumed, the speaker delivered his ruling.
Referring to the events of January 22 and the subsequent debate, Khader said the conduct and discussions had conveyed the wrong message to the public.
"Our conduct as members of this House and the opinions expressed must be in good taste and in accordance with constitutional provisions. They must uphold the dignity of the House and its members. We must introspect in this direction," he said.
He stressed the need for caution to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the future.
"Let us end this matter here, continue the discussion on the motion of thanks to the governor, and refrain from discussing the governor or his conduct in this house," the speaker said.
Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka said the house should express regret over what he termed an "insult" to the governor.
Responding, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the situation would not have arisen had the governor read out the entire address.
"Asking the house to express regret is not appropriate. Why did the governor leave even before the National Anthem was played," Siddaramaiah asked.
BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar reminded Siddaramaiah that as Leader of the Opposition in 2011, he had asked then Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj to curtail his address.
Bhardwaj had subsequently placed the address on the table of the house, requesting members to treat it as read.
Siddaramaiah said the situation in January 2011 was different from the present one.
The debate grew intense, leading to another adjournment of the house.
