IFP Editorial, Jan. 22 -- Never in the history of mankind any state had been able to enforce prohibition in totality while on the other hand it only enriches black marketers and leads to spurious liquor finding its way in the backstreets.

On Thursday, a press communique of the state assembly appeared in the newspapers regarding the Manipur Liquor Prohibition (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018. The bill which proposes to enable manufacture local alcoholic liquor strictly for sale outside the state is under consideration by a Select Committee chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh. When the bill was first introduced in the 2018 monsoon session of the assembly there were widespread protests against it from pro-prohibition gro...