"Strict action will be taken against accused...": Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Bihar hooch tragedy

Patna (Bihar) [India], October 19 (ANI): Calling the Bihar hooch tragedy "sad," Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday said that strict action will be taken against the accused and no one will be spared.
"It is very sad that due to the consumption of Illicit liquor many people have lost their lives...Investigation is being done in this incident and many accused have been arrested. This shows the seriousness of our government...Strict action will be taken against those involved and no one will be spared," Paswan said.
As many as 33 people have been killed in the Bihar hooch tragedy. 28 deceased are from Siwan while 5 are from Saran.
The matter has triggered a political blame game with opposition parties questioning the efficacy of the ban on the sale and consumption of liquor, imposed by the Nitish Kumar government.
Lashing out at the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar over the hooch tragedy, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the liquor ban is the "biggest corruption" of Nitish Kumar's rule and a "parallel economy" of 30,000 crores is being run under the guise of JDU and its leaders.
Taking a jibe at Nitish, the former Deputy Chief Minister said that after opening "thousands of liquor shops" during his first two tenures, the Chief Minister is now "pretending to be a Mahatma."
Taking to X, Yadav wrote in a post "The Chief Minister who opened liquor shops at every square and intersection of Bihar and took thousands of lives due to spurious liquor in the name of liquor ban is now pretending to be a Mahatma. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took every measure to increase the consumption of liquor in Bihar in his initial 10 years and now he is taking every measure to sell illegal liquor. Can Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar deny these facts of mine?" (ANI)