Bihar Alcohol Ban 2016-2024: Impact, Failures, and Political Future
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Bihar Alcohol Ban 2016-2024: Impact, Failures, and Political Future

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 19:28 IST - 6 MINS READ When Chief Minister Nitish Kumar banned the sale of alcohol in Bihar in 2016, it sparked mixed reactions. Once the liquor ban is lifted, that money will be dedicated solely to establishing a new education system in Bihar.” The Ranchi-based social activist Sudhir Pal, who supports prohibition, expressed disappointment about its implementation. Empower women’s groups to enforce alcohol ban Pal suggested that a more effective approach would have been to empower the Mahila Sabhas within the gram sabhas to dismantle the illicit liquor trade, rather than entrusting high-level bureaucrats, wielding legal authority, with the task. After the Bihar government enacted the law in April 2016 prohibiting the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale, and consumption of liquor in the State, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stated that it had “tremendous support from the people, particularly women and children”. Gujarat has successfully implemented prohibition, and there is no reason why other States cannot follow suit if it’s a popular demand by womenfolk who link liquor consumption to domestic violence and debt.” One thing is clear: the issue of prohibition in Bihar is bound to raise political temperatures now as the Assembly election is due within a year and political parties have started taking clear positions on the issue.

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State's Alcohol Ban Led To Illegal Liquor Trade; Police, Excise, Tax, Transport Dept Officials Love The Ban As It Means Big Money: Patna HC
1 month, 1 week ago

State's Alcohol Ban Led To Illegal Liquor Trade; Police, Excise, Tax, Transport Dept Officials Love The Ban As It Means Big Money: Patna HC

Live Law  

While quashing the penalty of demotion imposed on an Inspector on the ground that he had been negligent in implementing the Excise Prohibition law, the Patna High Court observed that while the law was passed with the objective of improving public health however "for several reasons, it finds itself on the wrong side of the history".In doing so the court …

Bihar's Alcohol Crisis: A Grim Grip on the State
2 months ago

Bihar's Alcohol Crisis: A Grim Grip on the State

ABP News  

A devastating hooch crisis has unfolded in Bihar, with the death toll rising to alarming numbers. The tragedy has sparked outrage and protests, demanding accountability from the government. The Bihar government, which has imposed a complete ban on alcohol since 2016, is facing increasing pressure from opposition parties to address the illicit liquor trade that has led to these deaths. …

High on failure
2 months, 2 weeks ago

High on failure

Times of India  

Bihar’s Alcohol Ban and Prashant Kishor’s Bold Idea In Bihar, the government banned all kinds of alcohol, but it hasn’t gone as planned. But instead of solving problems, it caused new ones: Illegal Alcohol: Because people still wanted to drink, a huge illegal alcohol business started. Dangerous Alcohol: With illegal alcohol being made in secret, there were more accidents and …

Prashant Kishor vows to end 'Bihar Liquor Ban' within one hour if elected
3 months, 1 week ago

Prashant Kishor vows to end 'Bihar Liquor Ban' within one hour if elected

The Hindu  

Ahead of his party's foundation day on October 2, Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor vowed on Saturday to end the liquor ban in Bihar immediately if elected to power. Commenting on the ongoing war of words between the RJD and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, following Tejashwi Yadav's claim that Nitish Kumar had apologised with folded hands for joining the BJP-led …

Prashant Kishor poll promise: ‘Will scrap Bihar liquor ban’
3 months, 1 week ago

Prashant Kishor poll promise: ‘Will scrap Bihar liquor ban’

Hindustan Times  

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Saturday promised to scrap the liquor ban in Bihar within an hour if his Jan Suraj party forms the next government in the state. Jan Suraj Chief Prashant Kishore addressing during party state level meeting for upcoming Bihar Vidhan Sabha polls at Bapu Sabhagar in Patna, Bihar When asked about special plans for his party's …

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained
1 year ago

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 26, at a function to mark Nashamukti Diwas or ‘de-addiction day’, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that there would be a fresh “house-to-house” survey to assess the impact of liquor prohibition in Bihar. On October 2, 2016 it promised to “enforce, implement and promote complete prohibition of liquor and intoxicants in the territory of …

Bihar liquor ban: Nitish Kumar calls for fresh survey to study impact of prohibition
1 year ago

Bihar liquor ban: Nitish Kumar calls for fresh survey to study impact of prohibition

India TV News  

Amid a liquor ban in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called for a fresh survey to study the impact of prohibition on Sunday. Kumar made a remark to the effect at a government function organised on the occasion of 'Nashamukti Diwas', celebrated on this date every year when government officials and other public figures take the pledge to carry forward …

Bihar: Case filed against CM Nitish Kumar over 243 deaths in hooch tragedies despite liquor ban
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar: Case filed against CM Nitish Kumar over 243 deaths in hooch tragedies despite liquor ban

India TV News  

A case has been filed against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Muzaffarpur over the death of 243 people in hooch tragedies. Court approved the complaint A complaint of culpable homicide has been filed by advocate Sushil Kumar Singh for the death of 243 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar. Bihar government …

Jitan Ram Manjhi appeals people in Bihar to vote for those who will lift liquor ban
1 year, 4 months ago

Jitan Ram Manjhi appeals people in Bihar to vote for those who will lift liquor ban

India TV News  

Bihar liquor ban: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday appealed to people to vote only for those who will lift the liquor ban in the state. While addressing people at Mangrawa Mahadalit Tola village in Gaya district yesterday, the Hindustani Awam Morcha chief said that liquor has been banned in the state since the last seven years, …

Hiccups in Nitish Kumar's Liquor Policy? New Tweaks Show Bihar's Booze Ban May Have Missed the Mark
1 year, 6 months ago

Hiccups in Nitish Kumar's Liquor Policy? New Tweaks Show Bihar's Booze Ban May Have Missed the Mark

News 18  

Is the 50 per cent insurance value too steep to pay? If you are caught carrying liquor in your vehicle in Bihar, you don’t have to pay a fortune now — Just pay 10 per cent of the insurance value and get the vehicle back home. Let’s make it simpler: If a vehicle carrying liquor was confiscated and the insurance …

Three recent decisions by Nitish Kumar may turn Bihar's fate in 2024
1 year, 7 months ago

Three recent decisions by Nitish Kumar may turn Bihar's fate in 2024

Hindustan Times  

PATNA : Three political developments in Bihar in the past fortnight alone have the potential to play big in the 2024 general elections as both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Grand Alliance take measured steps to prepare for the crucial fight. One, earlier this month following the Motihari hooch tragedy in which 30 persons died after consuming spurious liquor, …

BJP seeks general amnesty for those accused of violating Bihar’s prohibition law
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP seeks general amnesty for those accused of violating Bihar’s prohibition law

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar agreed to sanction ₹4 lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of people who died due to hooch, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi stepped up his offensive against the chief minister on Tuesday and demanded that the chief minister also compensate people who suffered permanent injuries due to hooch …

14 killed after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar’s East Champaran
1 year, 8 months ago

14 killed after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar’s East Champaran

Hindustan Times  

Bettiah At least 14 people died and 10 others were reported to be critical after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in past 24 hours in Bihar’s East Champaran district, police said on Saturday even as chief minister Nitish Kumar called the incident “sad”. Confirming the incident, East Champaran superintendent of police Kantesh Kumar Mishra said: “At least 14 people allegedly died …

7.49k people arrested under liquor prohibition law in Bihar: Excise minister
1 year, 9 months ago

7.49k people arrested under liquor prohibition law in Bihar: Excise minister

Hindustan Times  

A total of 7,49,000 people were arrested in Bihar under liquor prohibition law till January 2023, while the conviction rate in cases related to violation is 21.98% till February 2023, as per the latest data of the Bihar government. 1.54 crore litre of illegal foreign liquor and 96.71 lakh litre of illegal countrymade liquor have been seized in Bihar since …

Withdraw prohibition in Bihar immediately, says Prashant Kishor
1 year, 10 months ago

Withdraw prohibition in Bihar immediately, says Prashant Kishor

The Hindu  

January 30, 2023 07:05 pm | Updated 08:28 pm IST - Patna Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has demanded that the liquor ban in Bihar be withdrawn immediately. “There is no evidence in the world that any country, State, or society can say that they have brought socio-economic development to their people by implementing prohibition,” Mr. Kishor said on January 30, …

Liquor Ban For A Long Period Violates Merchants' Right To Livelihood: Bombay High Court Limits Prohibition To MLC Polls Voting Day
1 year, 10 months ago

Liquor Ban For A Long Period Violates Merchants' Right To Livelihood: Bombay High Court Limits Prohibition To MLC Polls Voting Day

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court reduced the four-day ban on liquor sale in Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Nashik districts due to Maharashtra Legislative Council graduate constituencies elections to just the day of voting observing that a longer ban would violate the merchants' right to livelihood under Article 21 of the Constitution. “Imposing a prohibitory ban for long period on merchant establishments …

Bihar Liquor Prohibition Act : Supreme Court Expresses Anguish At Delay In Setting Up Special Courts
1 year, 10 months ago

Bihar Liquor Prohibition Act : Supreme Court Expresses Anguish At Delay In Setting Up Special Courts

Live Law  

The creation of special courts for the purpose of trying cases under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 was ‘a long distance away’, the Supreme Court observed on Monday. Expressing disapproval over the delay in enhancing the judicial infrastructure, the top court order dated January 23, 2023 read, “We are still at the stage of planning the infrastructure.” In …

GUEST COLUMN | Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the prohibition debate
1 year, 11 months ago

GUEST COLUMN | Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the prohibition debate

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:15 IST Every law is enacted on a prior assumption that the capacity to ensure its purposes can be created. Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar owns the State’s prohibition policy but seems bereft of the capacity to enforce it. Enacted in 2016, Bihar’s prohibition law criminalises a whole chain of activities: “no person shall manufacture, …

'Huge quantity of liquor' found in JD(U) leader's home, say cops. He says…
2 years ago

'Huge quantity of liquor' found in JD(U) leader's home, say cops. He says…

Hindustan Times  

Bihar Police said Tuesday they had recovered 'a huge quantity' of liquor from a house in Chhapra registered in the name of Janata Dal leader Kameshwar Singh and had taken two persons - tenants Saroj Mahto and his wife - into custody. The seizure also comes days after Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said 108 cartons of liquor had …

Bihar’s prohibition policy is not working
2 years ago

Bihar’s prohibition policy is not working

The Hindu  

The latest hooch tragedy in Bihar has put Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the backfoot. With the death toll rising to 38 and with several people losing their vision and becoming critically ill, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has appealed to Mr. Kumar to reconsider the government’s prohibition policy and pay compensation to the family members of those who died. …

Bihar hooch tragedy: 'He promised...', Sushil Modi slams Nitish on compensation
2 years ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: 'He promised...', Sushil Modi slams Nitish on compensation

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Modi slammed Nitish Kumar Monday after the Bihar chief minister said last week that the families of those who had died after consuming spurious liquor would not receive compensation. BJP leader and former Bihar deputy minister Sushil Modi) "In 2018, as per media reports, chief minister Nitish Kumar said compensation will be given if liquor …

Amid Bihar hooch row, a look at states that revoked or diluted prohibition provisions
2 years ago

Amid Bihar hooch row, a look at states that revoked or diluted prohibition provisions

India Today  

Parts of Bihar have plunged into mourning as the hooch death toll in Saran and Siwan districts has mounted to 70. According to media reports, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that the state will never impose liquor prohibition to curtail socio-legal issues. MIZORAM The law: The Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1995, came into force on February 20, 1997, …

Death toll rises to 70 in Bihar's Chhapra hooch tragedy
2 years ago

Death toll rises to 70 in Bihar's Chhapra hooch tragedy

India Today  

The death toll in Bihar’s Chhapra due to the consumption of spurious liquor has mounted to 70. The sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016. As the death toll is feared to increase, Lok Janshakti Party supremo and MP Chirag Paswan demanded the registering of an FIR against Bihar Chief …

Bihar hooch tragedy; Nitish Kumar insists kin of victims won’t get any government aid
2 years ago

Bihar hooch tragedy; Nitish Kumar insists kin of victims won’t get any government aid

The Hindu  

Asserting that prohibition will continue in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that “no compensation will be given to people who die after drinking spurious liquor”. Mr. Kishor, who is currently undertaking a Jan Suraaj Yatra across Bihar said, “People around Mr. Kumar drink liquor and he should rollback the prohibition police in 48 hours.” ‘No sympathy’ However, …

BJP MPs say Nitish Kumar should reconsider Bihar prohibition policy
2 years ago

BJP MPs say Nitish Kumar should reconsider Bihar prohibition policy

The Hindu  

Union Minister Giriraj Singh and Bihar BJP MPs in New Delhi have raised the demand that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar take a second look at the State’s prohibition policy. Personal prestige Pataliputra MP and former Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav echoed Mr. Singh’s view and said Mr. Kumar should not make prohibition a matter of personal prestige. He also …

Give up on liquor trade, get Rs 1 lakh reward: Bihar govt's bid to strengthen alcohol ban
2 years ago

Give up on liquor trade, get Rs 1 lakh reward: Bihar govt's bid to strengthen alcohol ban

India Today  

In a bid to further strengthen the ban on alcohol in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rolled out a new approach to tackle the menace of illegal and spurious liquor trade in the state. CM Kumar said that his government would give an amount of Rs 1 lakh to those who give up their liquor business to earn a livelihood. …

Prohibition unsuccessful in Bihar, society has to come forward to make it successful: JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha
2 years, 1 month ago

Prohibition unsuccessful in Bihar, society has to come forward to make it successful: JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha

The Hindu  

Ruling party Janata Dal leader and party’s Parliamentary Board chairman Upendra Kushwaha has said that prohibition has been unsuccessful in Bihar and society has to come forward to make it “successful”. Meanwhile, his party leader and Parliamentary Board chairman Upendra Kushwaha apparently embarrassed the government, saying “prohibition has failed in Bihar and the society has to come forward to make …

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar directs to cut off liquor supply chain by arresting suppliers
2 years, 1 month ago

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar directs to cut off liquor supply chain by arresting suppliers

India Today  

The Bihar government has now changed its strategy to implement prohibition strictly in the state and decided that instead of arresting people caught consuming liquor, the focus of the excise department and police would be to cut the supply chain of liquor. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday chaired a review meeting on liquor prohibition in the state where it …

Bihar Citizens' Lives At Risk Due To Govt's Failure To Implement Liquor Ban: Patna HC Requests CJ To Take Cognizance Of Issue
2 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Citizens' Lives At Risk Due To Govt's Failure To Implement Liquor Ban: Patna HC Requests CJ To Take Cognizance Of Issue

Live Law  

In a strongly worded order, the Patna High Court has recently observed that the Bihar State Authorities have failed to implement a complete liquor prohibition in the State and the lives of Bihar citizens have been risked due to the state's failure to effectively implement the ban.With this, the bench of Justice Purnendu Singh directed the HC Registry that its …

Bihar govt should relax liquor norms to increase tourism: Indian Railway official
2 years, 2 months ago

Bihar govt should relax liquor norms to increase tourism: Indian Railway official

India Today  

The ban on liquor has affected tourism in Bihar, said an official from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, adding that the norms must be relaxed. Speaking about its effect on tourism, Zafar Azam, Group General Manager of East Zone IRCTC said that due to the prohibition of liquor in Bihar, tourism is not increasing and foreign tourists are …

Now, Bihar's liquor fine for first-time offenders reduced to Rs 2,000-5,000
2 years, 8 months ago

Now, Bihar's liquor fine for first-time offenders reduced to Rs 2,000-5,000

India Today  

In a fresh amendment to the prohibition law in Bihar, it was decided that those caught drinking alcohol for the first time would be released after they paid a fine. Those caught drinking for the first time in the state will be released after paying a fine between Rs 2,000 and 5,000, as decided by the executive magistrate. READ: Why …

Those who consume alcohol are 'mahapaapi', says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
2 years, 8 months ago

Those who consume alcohol are 'mahapaapi', says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

India Today  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called those who consume alcohol "mahapaapi" and said anyone who doesn't abide by the ideals of Bappu is not even an Indian. "If someone doesn't believe in the ideals of Bapu, then we don't even consider them an Indian.they are mahaayogya, mahapaapi who doesn't even listen to the father of the nation.," Nitish Kumar said …

Those who consume liquor are 'Mahapaapi': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in assembly
2 years, 8 months ago

Those who consume liquor are 'Mahapaapi': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in assembly

Op India  

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has noted that the people who consume liquor are “Mahapaapi”, “Mahaayogya” and that he doesn’t consider them Indians. Kumar was addressing the state assembly on Wednesday over the issue of the multiple Hooch tragedies that reportedly took the lives of 37 people after drinking poisonous liquor on Holi. They consume liquor even after knowing that it …

‘Those who oppose Bapu’s principles against liquor consumption are not Indians, biggest sinners,’ says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Those who oppose Bapu’s principles against liquor consumption are not Indians, biggest sinners,’ says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar now has called those who oppose Mahatma Gandhi’s principles against liquor consumption as “not Indians, ‘mahapaapi’ and ‘maha ayogya’ ”. “Mahatma Gandhi Opposed liquor consumption and I consider those who go against Bapu’s principles as not Indians, ‘mahapaapi’ and ‘maha ayogya’. ‘Yogya to woh ho hi nahi sakte…unke liye koi sahanubhuti nahi’ ”, he said …

'Mahapaapi, Don't Consider Them Indians': Cornered Over Hooch Deaths, Nitish Kumar Clarifies on Relief
2 years, 8 months ago

'Mahapaapi, Don't Consider Them Indians': Cornered Over Hooch Deaths, Nitish Kumar Clarifies on Relief

News 18  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is facing criticism over hooch tragedies in the state, has called the people who consume liquor “Mahapaapi” and said the state government cannot be made liable for providing relief to those who die after consuming toxic liquor. Speaking in the Bihar Assembly after introduction and passage of an amendment bill that seeks to make …

Bihar assembly passes amendment Bill on liquor ban with 100% majority
2 years, 8 months ago

Bihar assembly passes amendment Bill on liquor ban with 100% majority

India TV News  

Highlights Bihar assembly passes amendment Bill on liquor ban with 100% majority The amendment will make the law less stringent on first-time offenders Govt has not divulged amount of the fine to be imposed on first-time offenders The Bihar Assembly on Wednesday introduced and passed an amendment bill that seeks to make the liquor ban less stringent for first-time offenders …

Why Bihar wants to relax punishment under prohibition law
2 years, 9 months ago

Why Bihar wants to relax punishment under prohibition law

India Today  

With the Nitish Kumar cabinet, on March 8, approving the proposed amendments to the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, the new focus of prohibition in the state appears to be on giving a second chance to violators rather than punishing them straightaway. A top official in the chief minister’s secretariat said Nitish feels that the people of Bihar have …

Bihar Prohibition Act Clogging Courts With Bail Applications: Supreme Court Raises Alarm; Seeks State's Response
2 years, 9 months ago

Bihar Prohibition Act Clogging Courts With Bail Applications: Supreme Court Raises Alarm; Seeks State's Response

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has sought the State of Bihar's response as to steps being taken by it to deal with the litigation which arise from the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh also asked the State to apprise it of the analysis that took place before the law was brought …

No jail if caught drinking alcohol: Here's what Bihar's new order says
2 years, 9 months ago

No jail if caught drinking alcohol: Here's what Bihar's new order says

India Today  

The Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar has announced that people caught drinking alcohol will not be jailed. As per the latest order issued by the state government, the police will not send those drinking alcohol to jail. The sale and consumption of alcohol were completely banned by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016, a year after the Chief Minister …

Nitish govt may amend Bihar liquor law to make it less stringent, bill likely next month
2 years, 11 months ago

Nitish govt may amend Bihar liquor law to make it less stringent, bill likely next month

India Today  

In the wake of recent hooch incidents in Bihar where dozens of people lost their lives, the Nitish Kumar government is likely to amend the existing liquor law to make prohibition less stringent. According to sources, the Nitish Kumar government is working on the amendment bill to bring some changes in the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The Supreme …

Bihar Banned Liquor, But It is Still Available Illegally in State: MP Minister Pradhuman Singh Tomar
2 years, 11 months ago

Bihar Banned Liquor, But It is Still Available Illegally in State: MP Minister Pradhuman Singh Tomar

News 18  

Madhya Pradesh energy minister Pradhuman Singh Tomar on Tuesday questioned the liquor ban in Bihar, saying liquor is still available illegally there. Bihar banned liquor, but it is still available illegally. The minister hailed CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for not allowing a single new liquor shop in the state, calling it a historical move. Meanwhile, the Congress took a swipe …

Nitish Kumar under attack over Nalanda hooch deaths; opposition, allies demand scrapping of liquor law
2 years, 11 months ago

Nitish Kumar under attack over Nalanda hooch deaths; opposition, allies demand scrapping of liquor law

India Today  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come under attack from both the alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal after 11 people died on Saturday in Nalanda district after consuming tainted liquor. In light of recent hooch tragedies in the state, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Yuva Morcha demanded that the prohibition law be …

Prohibition Won't Be Relaxed for Those Coming to Bihar from Elsewhere: Nitish Kumar
2 years, 11 months ago

Prohibition Won't Be Relaxed for Those Coming to Bihar from Elsewhere: Nitish Kumar

News 18  

Demands for relaxing the stringent prohibition law in Bihar for those coming to the state from outside were on Friday dismissed outright by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visited as part of a statewide social reform …

Led by CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar takes pledge against liquor consumption
3 years ago

Led by CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar takes pledge against liquor consumption

India Today  

Asserting that the liquor prohibition law in Bihar will be enforced "more effectively" henceforth, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, along with other public servants of the state, on Friday took an oath to abstain from alcohol consumption for the rest of their lives. "I, Nitish Kumar, today on November 26, 2011, at the premise of Gyan Bhawan, with complete probity taking …

After farm laws scrapped, Bihar Congress wants withdrawal of liquor ban
3 years, 1 month ago

After farm laws scrapped, Bihar Congress wants withdrawal of liquor ban

India Today  

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled back the contentious farm laws, Bihar Congress President Madan Mohan Jha came up with a similar demand. But if the prohibition law is not successful in Bihar, then the Chief Minister should take a decision on withdrawing it like the farm laws," he said in Hindi. READ: Bihar's crime rate has come …

Bihar's crime rate has come down after liquor ban, says CM Nitish Kumar
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar's crime rate has come down after liquor ban, says CM Nitish Kumar

India Today  

Bihar witnessed a reduction in crime following the implementation of the statewide liquor ban, CM Nitish Kumar told reporters on Monday. The chief minister who is facing criticism over rising instances of hooch-related deaths in the state said, "Some people have turned against me because I ordered a liquor ban and I am serious about it." READ: Bihar hooch tragedy …

Nitish Kumar to hold meeting on November 16 to review liquor ban
3 years, 1 month ago

Nitish Kumar to hold meeting on November 16 to review liquor ban

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he has called a high-level meeting on November 16 to “review the effectiveness of the liquor ban” in the state. This will be the second review meeting called by the CM after at least 31 people died due to the consumption of spurious liquor in dry Bihar within a span …

Bihar hooch tragedy: CM Nitish Kumar calls high level meeting on November 16 over liqour ban
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar hooch tragedy: CM Nitish Kumar calls high level meeting on November 16 over liqour ban

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called a high-level meeting on November 16 to deliberate the liquor ban in the state following the death of 33 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in the state. We have called a high-level meeting, on 16th November," the CM said. As many as 33 people have died and several others reportedly …

Illicit liquor being sold in Bihar with police collusion: State BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal
3 years, 1 month ago

Illicit liquor being sold in Bihar with police collusion: State BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal

India TV News  

Bihar hooch tragedy news: Following the death of 32 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar, state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal on Saturday said the sale of illicit liquor in the state is taking place in collusion with the police and emphasised the need to review the liquor ban. While addressing media, Sanjay Jaiswal said, " Wherever the …

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