40 writers, activists & artists appeal to CM, Pawar, governor: Don’t lift prohibition in Gadchiroli

State Minister for OBC Welfare and Relief and Rehabilitation, Vijay Wadettiwar, who has been making statements against prohibition in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur, had said the government would constitute a committee with a view to lift prohibition in the two districts. It has, however, not been done as yet.

Social activists Anna Hazare, Anjali Damania and Prakash Amte, actor Amol Palekar, scientist-administrator Anil Kakodkar, writer Anil Awachat and Member of Parliament Vinay Sahasrabuddhe are among those who have made the appeal.

In Gadchiroli, activists have revived the District Darumukti Sanghatana led by Abhay Bang, which had struggled for prohibition in the late 1980s, resulting in the declaration of prohibition in 1993.