New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday came down heavily on the Opposition MLAs dismissing the latter’s demand to pay compensation to families of the deceased in the Bihar Hooch Tragedy.
The Chief Minister said, “No compensation will be given to people who died after drinking… We have been appealing – if you drink, you will die… those who talk in favour of drinking will not bring any good to you…”
CM Kumar stated that people in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have also died after consuming spurious alcohol but no one is talking about it.
He said there is a number of tragedies such as Morbi Bridge Collapse in Gujarat that affected so many lives but that was in news just for a day.
#WATCH | "No compensation will be given to people who died after drinking…We have been appealing- if you drink, you will die…those who talk in favour of drinking will not bring any good to you…", said CM Nitish Kumar in assembly earlier today.
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Meanwhile in the Assembly today, the agitated Opposition created a ruckus by carrying chairs and raising slogans during the speech of Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.
Alcohol Ban in 2016
The Assmebly rocked with anti-government slogans, demanding for the government to take responsibility of the incident.
In 2016, the Nitish Kumar-led government banned selling and consuming alcohol. Those who died complained about uneasiness, nausea, breathlessness, stomach pain and blurry vision, according to media reports.
Hooch Tragedy
By this morning, the death toll due to consumption of spurious alcohol mounted to 53 while many others are facing same symptoms in the Chapra area of Bihar’s Saran district.
The alarming rate of deaths have sent shockwaves to the nation, resulting counter charges of state govenrment and Opposition in the state Assembly.
Dead Bodies Kept On Road To Protest
The deaths have caused panic in the village, putting locals in a shocking state. Following unpredictable deaths, the family and relatives of the deceased displayed dead bodies on Masrakh Hanuman Chowk on State Highway of
They caused a traffic jam by blocking the road during the protest. Slogans were raised against the district administration. Following which a heavy security was deployed.
