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.
The death of 25 people in Bihar due to a recent hooch tragedy has caused a political storm in the state, prompting opposition leaders to accuse the liquor ban in Bihar is not being properly followed on the ground.
"The liquor ban policy brought by Nitish Kumar's government has completely failed. On one hand, many gangs have emerged. The (Bihar) liquor ban has not been implemented completely. Even today, home delivery is happening there. Those who are poor and cannot afford good liquor are being for
Director General of Police (DGP) of Bihar Alok Raj said on Thursday that 25 people have been killed after consuming after consuming spurious liquor in two separate incidents in Siwan and Saran. 12 people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Calling Bihar hooch tragedy "sad," Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishor on Thursday claimed that the liquor ban is not implemented anywhere in Bihar as the ban is only implemented in government files and in the speeches of leaders.