RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Manoj Kumar Jha alleged presence of powerful syndicate controlling liquor “industry” in Bihar. He said that Bihar government is “incompetent” to deal with hooch tragedies. On Siwan hooch tragedy, RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha says "These accidents are happening again and again... This is a complete syndicate. The official figures have just come out but the news is more than that. This syndicate is operating in the name of prohibition. This syndicate is very powerful. The government is incompetent. The most influential people in power are protecting it and poor people are dying in it.”