Bihar assembly polls 2025: Tejashwi Yadav’s another bold promise, will lift ban on toddy if he becomes CM
Bihar assembly polls 2025: Ahead of the assembly election in the Indian state of Bihar, RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav announced on Tuesday (Oct 28) that if the Mahagathbandhan comes to power, he will lift the prohibition ban on ‘toddy’ (tari) in the dry state.
During a rally in Saran’s Parsa, the RJD leader said, “The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act has completely failed in Bihar… There is a home delivery system of liquor in the state, and people are easily availing it.”
“Saran is witnessing murder, dacoity, abduction and loot every day. But, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is least bothered about it… he never comes to console the victims. This is sheer insensitivity on the part of the government,” he claimed at the rally in Marhaura.
Bihar assembly polls 2025:Yadav’s poll promise resembled a lot with Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishore, who has promised to lift the liquor ban in the state if he comes to power. Yadav said this after sparking a controversy last days ago by saying that if he comes to power, the Waqf (Amendment) Act would be “thrown into the dustbin.”
“Nitish Kumar has always supported such forces, and it is because of him that the RSS and its affiliates are spreading communal hatred in the state as well as in the country. The BJP should be called ‘Bharat Jalao Party’. If the INDIA bloc comes to power in the state, we will throw the Waqf Act into the dustbin,” Yadav said, PTI quoted.
BJP national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain condemned the statements, saying, “RJD people are from the era of jungle raj. They do not know that the law (Waqf Amendment Act) passed by the central parliament has also been approved by the Supreme Court… Such statements are being made to mislead the public… The Waqf Amendment Act has been passed…
