Patna, April 19 -- union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has once again questioned the implementation of Bihar's prohibition policy. While describing the policy itself as sound, he asserted that the poor are the worst affected and that the illegal liquor trade is on the rise.
Speaking to the media in Patna on Sunday, he said that the prohibition policy is not wrong in principle, but there are serious flaws in its implementation on the ground.
A day after the formation of the new government, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) MLA Madhav Anand met the Chief Minister and strongly demanded an end to prohibition. This was followed by JD(U) MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, who met Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday and emphasised the need to scrap ...