The decision came days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Mathura during for Janmashtmi celebrations and asked officials to prepare plans to ban liquor and meat in twin towns of Mathura and Vrindavan.
A sub-inspector rank officer threatened a man and his father of framing them in a liquor smuggling case.
The death toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy climbed to 25 on Sunday, although local BJP MP Satish Gautam said according to information gathered by him, the death toll has crossed 35.
After BJP MPs, Satyadev Pachauri and Sakshi Maharaj, it is now a BJP MLA who has sought a ban on sale of liquor. Surendra Singh from Ballia has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to review his decision to allow liquor sale in the state.
A division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma directed the state government on Thursday to take a policy decision for gradual prohibition of alcohol, petitioner DK Joshi, an advocate said.
Women arrested over illegal liquor smuggling in Bihar
Scuffle among mob after bottles of liquor recover from a well in Sitamarhi
According to reports, the Bihar government has written a letter to the Centre requesting it to notify khaini as a food product by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
According to reports, the Bihar government has written a letter to the Centre requesting it to notify khaini as a food product by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
The Nitish Kumar government had in 2016 enacted a stringent anti-liquor law banning manufacture, bottling, distribution, transportation, accumulation, possession, purchase, sale or consumption of liquor in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar recalled that while addressing a meeting in Patna ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, some women had requested him for a ban on liquor in the state.
Bihar Chief Minister reminded opposition parties that people visit Bihar because “it is the land of Buddha” and that not to enjoy a good drink.
The ban on sale of liquor along the national and state highways is not applicable to roads that fall inside the city or town areas.
Supreme Court has exempted Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands from its order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of the national and state highways.
The Uttar Pradesh government has incurred a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore following the Supreme Court’s order banning all liquor shops along national as well as state highways
With alcohol worth Rs. 200 crore still lying in the warehouses in Bihar, the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies has now approached the Supreme Court seeking an extension to the May 31 deadline to destroy their unsold liquor stock.
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