Following the Bihar hooch tragedy, independent MP from Purnia Pappu Yadav raised concern saying why does the government not make any law regarding illicit liquor.
Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrived in Ranchi on Friday to discuss seat-sharing for state elections with INDIA bloc leaders ahead of the Assembly polls in Jharkhand state.
Following the Bihar hooch tragedy, BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Friday said that the state government is taking action, adding that this is no time for politics.
After 33 people were killed in two incidents of consumption of spurious liquor, Gopalganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Awdhesh Dixit on Friday said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the matter and 14 people have been arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy.
RJD leader and the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav, slammed the Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar and its Cabinet following the hooch tragedy, which claimed several lives due to the consumption of spurious liquor in the state.
On the hooch tragedy in Bihar, former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday attacked Nitish Kumar and wrote in a post that the liquor ban was a small example of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's institutional corruption.
So far, a total of 79 people have been admitted to the Siwan Sadar Hopsital, Basantpur Primary Health Center. 13 severely sick people have been admitted to PMCH Patna for treatment.
Bihar's Director General of Police (DGP), Alok Raj, stated on Thursday that 25 people had died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in two separate incidents in Siwan and Saran and 12 people have been arrested in connection with the case.