Bihar By-Poll Political "Party": Admin Seizes 2450 Ltrs Of Booze

by GoNews Desk Oct 29, 2021 • 09:08 AM Views 811

A big stash of illegal alcohol has been seized head of the scheduled by-poll in Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly seat in Bihar a state which has been “dry” by law since 2016. The District Magistrate of Darbhanga, Bihar Thyagarajan S.M. has said in a press release that raids across the region had yielded around 2450 litres of alcohol.

According to the press release, three separate teams of officials seized 177.84, 1346.14, and 919.35 litres of alcohol respectively. Despite the supposed ‘total ban’ of alcohol in Bihar, the recovery and exposure of such a huge stash of 2443 litres of liquor raises questions on Nitish Kumar’s ‘good governance’ model or ‘sushaasan’. Just last month, the Nitish Kumar government had announced a further toughening of anti-alcohol rules in the state.

The decision to make Bihar a ‘dry state’ had been announced in April 2016. Read the full story here