Amid uproar over the hooch tragedy in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday was seen getting into the state meeting whereas a crowd of protesting BJP MLAs was chanting slogans in opposition to his authorities. In a video shared by the information company ANI, Nitish Kumar might be seen making his solution to the state meeting on this midst of the demonstrations and was additionally seen waving at some MLAs as he entered the premises.
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The MLAs had been protesting in opposition to the current hooch tragedy in Bihar’s Chhapra the place not less than 31 individuals have died to date after consuming illicit liquor. The deaths happened in three villages within the Chhapra space on the intervening evening of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Earlier within the day, Kumar urged individuals to not devour liquor in “a dry state” as a result of “one thing spurious might be bought”. He additionally knowledgeable the media that he has “directed police officers to not arrest poor people who find themselves caught consuming spurious liquor” and that they “slightly go after these manufacturing liquor and concerned in unlawful alcohol enterprise”. “Folks needs to be alert. As there’s a liquor ban right here, one thing spurious might be bought as a result of which individuals die. They need to take note to not devour liquor,” he mentioned. “In case you drink, you’ll die,” he mentioned.
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In the meantime, the hooch tragedy has triggered an enormous political slugfest within the state meeting because the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ and opposition BJP traded expenses.
Because the BJP members entered the properly of the Home on Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen dropping his cool. “You might be doing the incorrect factor by opposing liquor prohibition. This can’t be tolerated. Simply take away all these individuals,” he mentioned, referring to the protesting members.
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