Patna: Chapra hooch tragedy continues to create political turmoil in the state as the opposition sharpens their attack against the ruling government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. As per official figures shared by the state government only 38 people have died, however, the ground reports claimed over 70 lives in the hooch tragedy.
Opposition in Bihar has been demanding compensation for the family members of the deceased, however, Nitish categorically denied giving any compensation during his speech at the winter session of the Bihar legislature, which concluded on Monday. After that leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Tuesday announced to stage a dharna against the government on December 21 on the Assembly premises.
“The government is not conducting any judicial inquiry nor giving compensation to the family members of the deceased. We are going to raise the issue and stage a dharna on the assembly precincts on Wednesday, along with all the MLAs. The government does not have any humanity towards the poor and they are also hiding the number of deaths. In the name of the liquor ban, a parallel black economy has been established in Bihar. Law and order have already collapsed. The government in power is getting the benefit of prohibition through the liquor mafia,” Sinha told ETV Bharat.
The BJP workers staged a mock funeral procession of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanding compensation to the kin of the deceased. The BJP workers took out the procession from the JD (U) office at Beerchand Patel Path. Patna Sahib MP and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also raised the issue in the Lok Sabha demanding compensation to the families of the deceased. Prasad said that despite the liquor ban, the liquor trade cannot be done on such a large scale without the connivance of the police.
