After Gujarat and Bihar not having the luxury to buy or sell alcohol, Chief Minister of the latter, Nitish Kumar, has proposed the idea of a nationwide liquor ban.?
He said he wanted to fulfill 'Mahatma Gandhi's wish', who believed that alcohol is the end of mankind.?
This statement was made by him came while addressing an event in Delhi which was basically a convention by the name of 'Liquor-free India'. He said,
"In the past, at times alcohol ban has been imposed in the country, but it was revoked later. It was also imposed in Bihar by former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur but could not be implemented fully."??
He also claimed that he had been planning Bihar's liquor ban since 2011, and finally succeeded in 2016 when the state legally banned the sale and purchase of alcohol. Further, the Janata Dal leader went on to discuss the process in keeping the ban in place.
His statement has garnered a lot of reactions from the rest of the country.?While some mocked him for introducing the idea...
...Others pointed out loopholes in his ideology.
However, there are people who are in full support of his idea and want a nationwide liquor-ban to take place in the country.
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