Ahmedabad: Â The head of a unitary traditional state in Eastern Ghana was left aghast with the no-booze state of Gujarat.
According to a Times of India report, Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, chief of Akyem Abuakwa said, “How do the state’s subjects survive without booze? What’s dry?”.
“How odd it is! It feels a bit like role reversal …for the first time, the chief and not the subjects are being punished.â€
“I have not been able to drink,” he said. “For tipplers like me, it’s difficult to come to terms with this kind of situation. How do Gujaratis survive without liquor?”
The chief though was satisfied with the medical treatment. “I am very impressed with Gujarat’s affordable healthcare.” In the same breath, he stressed that his spirits were low. “Beer is missing. I’ve never had as much mineral water in my entire life as I’ve done over the past two days in Gujarat,” he was further quoted as saying.
“In Akyem, you’ll find beer, vodka and wine everywhere,” he said. “People go to pubs and have a colourful lifestyle.”
He could have applied for a liquor permit at the city airport’s international terminal. But it seems that his status prevented him from doing so. “I am not supposed to stand in queues,” he said.
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But when the Okyenhene was told that liquor was banned in Gujarat as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, his anger was somewhat diluted. “Gandhi was indeed the greatest man the world has ever seen,” he said. “His theory of non-violence has inspired generations.”
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