PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar ordered on Sunday another statewide house-to-house survey on the lines of the caste enumeration exercise that triggered a reservation rejig – this time to find out what citizens think about liquor prohibitionreports Manoj Chaurasia.
“There is a need to tap into public opinion on this,” he said during a ‘Deaddiction Day’ event without specifying whether this had anything to do with the BJP-led opposition’s clamour to lift the liquor ban on the ground that it had proved counter-productive.
The CM hastened to add that Bihar would remain a dry state, come what may, as “currently 99% women and 92% men are in favour of it”.
“There is a need to tap into public opinion on this,” he said during a ‘Deaddiction Day’ event without specifying whether this had anything to do with the BJP-led opposition’s clamour to lift the liquor ban on the ground that it had proved counter-productive.
The CM hastened to add that Bihar would remain a dry state, come what may, as “currently 99% women and 92% men are in favour of it”.