If a leader prohibits liquor, he would lose elections. NT Ramarao and Biju Patnaik banned liquor and they lost power. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has prohibited liquor and he is going to lose polls.
This was stated by senior BJD leader and former Koraput MP Jayaram Pangi on Saturday.
Pangi, also a former State Excise Minister, made the remarks before the media and leaders of different political parties in front of the Koraput Sub-Collector office.
He further said people consuming liquor are holding agitation in the day but drinking in evening. If they don’t drink, they cannot shout. When the Adivasis die, they need liquor. Besides, on the 21st days of birth, in marriages and on birthdays, liquor is required.
“Still, I had banned liquor, for which Chief Ministers Janaki Ballabh Patnaik and Hemananda Biswal got after me and I lost, added Pangi.