Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday claimed that the enforcement of liquor ban had totally failed in Bihar and blamed the Nitish Kumar Government for lacking the will to do so despite enjoying support of the people and the Opposition parties on the issue.
"The liquor ban has totally failed in Bihar as far as its enforcement is concerned....At its best, the State Government had succeeded by only 50 per cent in enforcing liquor at the best of times, but now it can be measured at 30 per cent as the raids and seizures has reduced drastically," he told reporters.
Putting the blame on the doorsteps of the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "total failure" of liquor ban in Bihar, Modi said the State Government succumbed to pressure from various quarters on enforcement of the stringent provisions of the excise act.
The senior BJP leader said that the Grand Alliance Government gave in to pressure by the police union to withdraw its decision on denial of promotion and posting to the police officers at police stations over failure to enforce prohibition in their respective jurisdiction.