No Liquor In Bihar

"No compensation will be given to people who died after drinking...We have been appealing- if you drink, you will die...those who talk in favour of drinking will not bring any good to you...", said Nitish Kumar in the state assembly on Friday.

Slamming the Bihar government over the issue of liquor smuggling by a family member of a minister in the state cabinet, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday claimed that no chief minister in the country is as "weak" as Nitish Kumar.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today favoured nationwide prohibition saying there could be no greater way of paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019 than implementing liquor ban.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday accused Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav of having taken gifts from a liquor manufacturer and loans that were later written off and said Mr Yadav was in no position to take a moral high ground to protest against demonetisation.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dismissed speculations of the state moving back on the new liquor law and asserted that there is no question of "diluting" after advertisements of excise department appeared seeking public opinion on it.

Just 30 km from Bihar capital Patna, a board at the entry to Lodipur village reads, "No more alcohol, I'll live a complete life." The board proclaims the stand of the state's women, at whose insistence, says Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he pushed for full scale prohibition 6 months ahead of its time.

Nitish Kumar today rejected speculation of only a partial ban on liquor in Bihar and said there would be "complete prohibition" in the state from April next year.

"No compensation will be given to people who died after drinking...We have been appealing- if you drink, you will die...those who talk in favour of drinking will not bring any good to you...", said Nitish Kumar in the state assembly on Friday.

Slamming the Bihar government over the issue of liquor smuggling by a family member of a minister in the state cabinet, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday claimed that no chief minister in the country is as "weak" as Nitish Kumar.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today favoured nationwide prohibition saying there could be no greater way of paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019 than implementing liquor ban.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday accused Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav of having taken gifts from a liquor manufacturer and loans that were later written off and said Mr Yadav was in no position to take a moral high ground to protest against demonetisation.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dismissed speculations of the state moving back on the new liquor law and asserted that there is no question of "diluting" after advertisements of excise department appeared seeking public opinion on it.

Just 30 km from Bihar capital Patna, a board at the entry to Lodipur village reads, "No more alcohol, I'll live a complete life." The board proclaims the stand of the state's women, at whose insistence, says Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he pushed for full scale prohibition 6 months ahead of its time.

Nitish Kumar today rejected speculation of only a partial ban on liquor in Bihar and said there would be "complete prohibition" in the state from April next year.