Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar recently informed that his government is about to propose an amendment law on the liquor prohibition act most probably in the Monsoon session.
The minister also admitted that the ban on liquor has slightly improved the conditions of the state and feels that the bill to be passed would eventually reduce the abuse of law.
On Tuesday, at an event hosted by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar police on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Nitish affirmed"I have just learned about the deaths of four persons in Begusarai. Investigations have revealed that they consumed surgical spirit, which is rubbed on arm before an injection is administered. There are some people in our society who indulge in illicit liquor trade. Such incidents are not the failure of prohibition, but a result of the polluted mentality of a few persons. Our officers should publicise such incidents so that people could take a lesson and refrain from consuming alcohol."
Adding about the issues to be addressed in the monsoon session of the state assembly, he asserted, "We have Supreme Court's consent to rectify the law. A team has formed to properly analyse the details of prohibition. The sole aim is to impose prohibition in a proper manner so that people get benefited from it."
Liquor has been banned in Bihar, since April 2016.
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