ahmedabad in dry gujarat a few spirited candidates have entered the 2022 poll battleground with the promise of letting the booze genie out of the bottle these candidates are fighting as independents in the state which has the liquorprohibition law in place the electoral hopefuls say the policy has barely served any interest and has instead caused massive losses to the exchequerread alsogujarat elections from box to sitar candidates pick quirky symbolscampaigning in the akota constituency narendra parmar urges voters to mark their approval by stamping on the javelin a symbol he chose to hit his target like neeraj chopras golden speargujarat elections bjp danta candidate booked for liquor promiseparghi was also booked under section 171b bribery of the indian penal code ipc based on a complaint filed by danta assistant returning officer harsha ravalgujarat elections booze worth rs 25 lakh seized every hourwith just eight days to go for the first phase of polling electioneering is on a high in dry gujarat but the state police are trying to ensure that campaigning remains in high spirits without the free flow of liquor since the assembly election was announced on november 3 the gujarat police havegujarat assembly polls moochein ho to maganbhai jaisithe iconic bluster of the line moochein ho to nathulal jaisi warna na ho of the bollywood blockbuster sharaabi flashes in dry gujarat in the persona of maganbhai solanki who sports 25footlong gunslinger whiskersthey also highlight fatalities linked to spuriousliquorgujarat assembly elections 2022 latest newsgujarat bottle laine rehshe gujarat will succeed in getting access to the liquor bottle is the slogan of a man who wants to stir and also shake voters interest by taking on cm bhupendra patel naresh priyadarshi a 40yearold software developer and entrepreneur is in the fray as an independent candidate from ahmedabads ghatlodia a seat from which patel is seeking reelectionnaresh priyadarshi a 40yearold software developer and entrepreneur said he is not as presumptuous as to think he can stand as the cms rivalpriyadarshi said his intention is to raise his voice against the useless policy prohibition has been in place since gujarat was formed in 1960 but it has not benefited any section of society priyadarshi said the state exchequer incurs losses to the tune of thousands of crores annually the implementation of the law is poor because of which the vulnerable have died in numerous hooch tragedies he added though gujarat is a dry state the term liquor widows is often evoked the prohibition policy is highly misplaced and must go priyadarshi had striven to get the bottle as his election symbol but he had to make do with the carboy as the bottle was not among the 250 symbols on offer for independentspeople are forced to drink liquor like thieves due to the taboo associated with it while people coming from other states are allowed to drink freely that is unjust priyadarshi saidramkumar gulvani an independent candidate from naroda in ahmedabad has welfarism as the mixer for his antiprohibition