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Karnataka Madhyapana Nisheda Andolana

In recent times we have been seeing that the consumption of alcohol has increased many times. Nearly all ruling political parties are pushing for more and more sale of alcohol as this gets more taxes to the government coffers. What is conveniently forgotten is the effect of alcohol on people particularly the poor.

Families are landing into financial debt; productivity is going down causing decreased earnings in the family; single parent / orphan children living with their grandparents have become uncommon; youngsters are taking to drinking in large numbers, landing the next generation of this country in dire situation; alcohol related violence against women is at an unprecedented scale.

Have the governments forgotten Mahatma and his words.......

Gandhi wrote in Young India in 1931 - "If I was appointed dictator for one hour for all India, the first thing I would do would be to close without compensation all the liquor shops." His other quotes are no less sharp. For example, "Nothing but ruin stares a nation in the face that is prey to the drink habit. History records that empires have been destroyed through that habit."

“….It is criminal to spend the income from the sale of intoxicants on the education of the nation’s children or other public services. The government must overcome the temptation of using such revenue for nation-building purposes. Experience has shown that the moral and physical gain of the abstainer more than makes up for the loss of this tainted revenue. If we eradicate the evil, we will easily find other ways and means of increasing the nation’s income” (Mahatma Gandhi. 21st September 1947).

The Directive Principles of State Policy mandates the State to make endeavour to bring prohibition. Even the Supreme Court has held that "there is no fundamental right to do trade or business in intoxicants. The State, under its regulatory power, has the right to prohibit absolutely every form of activity in relation to intoxicants and its manufacture, storage, export, import, sale and possession." The Apex Court further stated that this "power of control is an incident of the society's right to self-protection and it is rests upon the right of the State to care for the health, morals and welfare of the people."

When states like Gujarat, Bihar, Manipur, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, and Kerala have banned and states like Tamil Nadu are in process of banning alcohol why does Karnataka want to increase the income from sales of alcohol. Are these states not prospering even after the ban?

Please come join us in this andolan in whatever way you can; for example propagating the message on social media, taking signatures and sending it to government and other people’s representatives, writing about it in news papers and blogs, creating public opinion or whatever is possible in your capacity.

The state level Karnataka Madhyapana Nisheda Andolana is starting with a protest by more than 50000 people on October 2^nd 2016 from Raichur Stadium compound and on the same day many districts are also joining in solidarity.

For other details you can contact the following numbers-

9449744740, 9686778945, 9448778773, 9535562945, 9535933014

Email: madhyapananishedaandolan@gmail.com

Address: Karnataka Madhyapana Nisheda Andolan, behind K.K.Reddy Hall, Ashapur Road, Raichur - 584101