Tejashwi Yadav calls prohibition a ‘Farce’, JD (U) hits back

TIL Desk/National/Patna/ RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav charged that the prohibition clamped by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was a “farce” and that the JD(U) depends on earnings through illicit liquor for its finances, inviting a sharp reaction from the ruling party.

Mr Yadav, the son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and Leader of Opposition in the assembly, claimed that JD(U) members are involved in illicit liquor business in Bihar on a large scale. “The prohibition is a farce,” he said. “The JD(U) is heavily dependent for its finances on earnings through illicit liquor.”

“As JD(U)’s national president, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar owes an answer to the people of the state…has his government acted against them for flouting prohibition, which he loves to flaunt as his great achievement,” Mr Yadav told a press conference.

He said there had been allegations that many officers have got transferred for laying hands on a JD(U) leader involved in illicit liquor business. Mr Yadav’s comments followed the death of four persons in Rohtas district after drinking spurious liquor last week, over a year and a half after the state was formally declared dry.

The JD(U) hit back with its chief spokesperson Sanjay Singh saying, “Tejashwi spoke a lot but he should have also spoken about the close ties his party maintains with the sand mafia.”