“Why does the government not make any law against illicit liquor,” says Pappu Yadav

Siwan (Bihar) [India], October 19 (ANI): Following the Bihar hooch tragedy, independent MP from Purnia Pappu Yadav raised concern questioning the state government for not making any law regarding illicit liquor.

“When the government changes the policy from time to time, then why does the government not make any law (regarding illicit liquor)?” Yadav pointed out.

“If I ever come to power, the first thing I will do is to give life imprisonment to the person who manufactures and sells illicit liquor and all the officials in that area will be dismissed,” he added.

Earlier, RJD leader and the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar and its Cabinet over the hooch tragedy, and claimed that despite Kumar’s party being the third largest party in the NDA coalition, he did not express any condolences over the tragedy and said that he was laughing at the deaths and mocked the people of Bihar as well as the democracy.

He further attacked the Bihar CM and said that Kumar did not have any communication with the media, public or the victims following such an incident.

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.

SP Gopalganj Awdhesh Dixit said that the police have arrested 14 people and conducted raids at over 200 places.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government is working very effectively and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has given instructions to the DGP.

The death toll in the state has risen to 33 with 28 dead in Siwan and 5 dead in Saran, Bihar.

The suspected hooch tragedy 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.