Opposition parties in parliament through a joint statement on Tuesday slammed the Centre, accusing it of using the deaths by spurious liquor in Bihar for "political mileage" and sending teams of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to non-BJP ruled states with intent to destabilize go
Union Minister RK Singh on Monday accused the Bihar government of hiding the death toll in the Saran hooch tragedy and said that the locals have informed him that nearly 200 people died in the district.
As the death toll in Bihar's Chhapra due to the consumption of spurious liquor mounted to 72, Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Sunday accused the state government of "hiding" the actual number.
As the death toll is feared to increase in the Chhapra hooch tragedy, evoking an uproar from the opposition in the state and nationwide, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and former Bihar MP Shanawaz Hussain on Saturday slammed the government accusing it of hiding the actual death to
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that action is being taken where incidents of consumption of liquor are being reported in the state.
As Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Bihar raised the hooch tragedy issue in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday leading to a ruckus, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the BJP, saying they only have an agenda of "spreading hatred and lies".
The former national president of Janata Dal-United, Singh, on Wednesday launched a tirade against Nitish Kumar and slammed him for abandoning the state to fulfil his personal goal of becoming prime minister one day.
Saran (Bihar) [India], August 13 (ANI): A total of five people have died in Bhualpur village in Bihar's Saran district in suspicious circumstances and it is suspected that they had consumed spurious liquor, an official said on Saturday.