Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced that sale of alcohol will be banned in the state from April 1 next year.
Keeping one of his promises made before the Bihar Assembly elections, Nitish Kumar said, "I know people will say that even after banning liquor it will be sold illegally, if it happens then we will deal with that strongly."
He further added, "Women in the state started an anti-liquor campaign, I really appreciated that. Those villages which will help us in our campaign against liquor will be awarded."
Meanwhile, LJP leader Chirag Paswan said, "Welcome move of banning sale of liquor. let's see how successful it is."
According to reports, the Bihar government earned nearly Rs. 3,500 crore last year through taxes on the sale of alcohol.
This is the first major announcement by Kumar since he was sworn in as Chief Minister for the fifth time last week.
