Earlier, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav criticized the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government and described the incident as "unfortunate" and lamented the widespread deaths.
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.
Speaking to ANI, Anwar said "The Jharkhand elections are very important for us. We wanted to contest on more seats however for the state to grow more, we decided to sacrifice and we have decided to contest for two seats. This time, the people are in NDA's favor."
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.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday held a meeting with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Beri at the Secretariat on Saturday on important issues related to the state and said that Uttarakhand is a state with difficult geographical conditions.
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."
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.
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.
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.
In a post on X, Gadkari wrote, "In Madhya Pradesh, we have approved Rs 3,589.4 crore for the Bhopal to Vidisha, Vidisha to Gyaraspur, Satai Ghat to Chauka, and Chauka to Kaimha packages, facilitating the upgrade of the Bhopal-Kanpur Economic Corridor to a 4-lane highway."