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.
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.
"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.