With Bihar’s budget session winding down Friday, a provocative dare from opposition ranks has ignited a fresh row over the liquor prohibition regime. RJD leaders have unleashed scathing critiques, claiming the law is in tatters.
Assembly corridors buzzed as RJD MLA Bhai Virendra confronted journalists, decrying home liquor deliveries thriving under the government’s watch. ‘Secure borders? Yet shipments pour in—thanks to NDA bigwigs,’ he charged. Virendra warned of skyrocketing consumption, outpacing ban-era peaks, and called for iron-fisted measures.
The flashpoint was RJD MLC Sunil Kumar’s audacious Wednesday pledge: orchestrate a liquor drop inside the very heart of the legislature before session’s end. A Lalu loyalist, Kumar painted a grim picture—post-2016, booze flows freely everywhere, with ‘dry highs’ from spurious substances destroying the youth demographic.
JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar hit back hard, promising arrests on the auspicious 27th. ‘Commit the crime, face the music,’ he taunted, dredging up RJD’s Rs 46 crore electoral bonds from liquor lobbies. ‘You ate their money, now dance to it.’
This clash reveals prohibition’s underbelly: illicit trade booms via Nepal and UP routes, corrupting officials and spawning violence. While the NDA hails it as a women’s empowerment tool, foes decry it as regressive and unenforceable. As dust settles post-session, Bihar’s political landscape simmers, with liquor policy poised to dominate future campaigns.