New Delhi, Dec.15: BJP Lok Sabha members Thursday termed the deaths in Bihar due to the hooch tragedy as “mass murder” and urged the Centre to take immediate action against the government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, holding it responsible for the incident.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP’s Paschim Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal claimed that spurious liquor sale has been flourishing in Bihar under the protection of police officers despite a prohibition in place.
But the chief minister does not take any action against any of them, he charged.
BJP’s Aurangabad MP Sushil Kumar Singh termed the hooch tragedy deaths as “mass murder” and held the Bihar government responsible for it. “There is no hope from Bihar government,” he said.
“As many as 37 people have died. It’s Bihar government-sponsored murder of 37 people. Spurious liquor is supplied to every household by the police, with the help and protection of the police in the state despite prohibition in place,” Jaiswal alleged.
According to Saran District Magistrate Rajesh Meena, the death toll in the hooch tragedy has climbed to 26, up from 21 on Wednesday night.
“More than 15 such incidents have taken place so far. But he (the chief minister) says those who drink liquor would die or go to jail, and those selling the poisonous liquor would become his party’s candidate to contest elections on his party ticket,” Jaiswal alleged.
