Poll plank? Bihar CM woos voters, especially women, with booze ban
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In the run-up to the polls, slated in the end of the year, Kumar announced that he would ban booze in the state, if voted back again.
“There will be prohibition in the state if I am voted to power again," Kumar said during a public gathering in Patna.
The announcement was cheered by women and women's organisations, who have been demanding full prohibition, complaining that the state's liberal excise policy has led to increase in liquor vends in the state.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed it as a poll plank.
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However, he was unable to give a strong response when asked whether the BJP would implement liquor ban in the state.
"It is not a question of what our official stand is, the situation varies from one state to another, and Gujarat happens to be the only state where there is total prohibition. Nitish Kumar is only enacting drama by promising prohibition. If he has the guts, let him implement prohibition now and BJP will wholeheartedly support such a move," Modi told ET.
In 1977, the then Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur had banned liquor but alcohol returned after 18 months when Ram Sunder Das succeeded from Thakur.
Meanwhile,
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