Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will skip the National Ganga Council meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata on December 30.
Sushil Modi said, "In 2018, as per media reports, CM Nitish Kumar said compensation will be given if liquor proved to be cause of death. He promised Rs 4 Lakhs to the kin of hooch victims. In Khajurbani hooch tragedy, compensation was given to the victims' kin. Why not in Saran tragedy?"<
Nitish Kumar should take a week's vacation and meditate, said Union Minister Giriraj Singh on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's remark that those who drink alcohol will die.
Several Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLAs protested outside the state assembly on Thursday over the hooch tragedy in Chapra that claimed 39 lives so far.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday attacked chief minister Nitish Kumar over the alleged failure of the liquor ban. The Godda MP alleged that many people in his state Jharkhand are "spoilt" since they supply liquor to Bihar. He further alleged that there is no liquor
"If someone consumes spurious liquor, they will die," said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday after the death toll in the Chhapra Hooch tragedy rose to 39.