Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel Friday said that the state government is “resolute” that regardless of the revenue from excise tax lost, the state will continue to sustain its Prohibition Law and stick to the ban on alcohol in the state. Patel, who was in Vadodara to inaugurate a branch of the Mehsana Urban Cooperative bank at Manjalpur in the city, was speaking at the sidelines of the event. Stating that Gujarat is has been maintaining security, peace, law, and order due to alcohol ban Patel said, No matter how much revenue has to be lost, including that from the duty tax. The ban is being strictly carried out and in cases where a large quantity of liquor is seized from under the jurisdiction of any police station, a disciplinary provision like transfer and suspension of duty of the police officer concerned has also been made.
