NEW DELHI: Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, reacting to Tejashwi Yadav‘s comment that extra folks drink alcohol in Bihar than in Maharashtra, mentioned the RJD chief made the declare “as a result of he could also be concerned in smuggling”.
“Liquor is banned right here (in Bihar) however he certainly drinks and that’s the reason he is aware of that limitless liquor is offered right here. What can we do if anyone drinks secretly…He should know as a result of he could also be concerned in smuggling,” Manji instructed information company PTI.
Tejashwi Yadav, citing a Nationwide Household Well being Survey report, had claimed that extra folks drink alcohol in Bihar than in Maharashtra regardless of the prohibition.
“But in keeping with Nitishji, prohibition is in drive in Bihar, what a joke,” he added.
Tejashwi Yadav, who’s Nitish Kumar‘s former ally and Bihar’s ex-deputy CM, criticised the NDA authorities in Bihar over the current hooch tragedy.
The RJD chief had alleged that “ideological and coverage ambiguity of the chief minister, weak will, and dependence on chosen officers as an alternative of public representatives, the liquor ban is a brilliant flop in Bihar at the moment”.
Yadav accused the federal government of main corruption beneath the guise of the liquor ban, alleging that it has led to the creation of a parallel economic system value Rs 30,000 crores.
Referring to the deaths attributable to spurious liquor, Yadav mentioned, “The chief minister who opened liquor outlets at each sq. and intersection of Bihar and took hundreds of lives as a consequence of spurious liquor within the identify of liquor ban is now pretending to be a Mahatma.”
Yadav accused Nitish Kumar of encouraging the sale and consumption of liquor throughout his earlier tenures. He said, “chief minister Shri Nitish Kumar took each measure to extend the consumption of liquor in Bihar in his preliminary 10 years and now he takes each measure to promote unlawful liquor.”
In line with Yadav, the variety of rural liquor outlets elevated from beneath 500 in 2004-05 to 2360 in 2014-15, and state-wide, the variety of liquor outlets doubled from 3000 to over 6000 in the identical interval.
