RJD shames Nitish govt over liquor ban with video of drunk party leader; JDU takes action

Amid rising Covid-19 cases across India, former CM Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD in Bihar has rekindled its attack on CM Nitish Kumar over his liquor ban. On April 11, RJD took to Twitter to post a video of Yuva JDU state vice president Vishal Gaurav, claiming that Nitish Kumar's party members are violating ir own rule. As video went viral leaving party red-faced, reports came in that an embarrassed JDU removed Gaurav from party post.

Sharing video, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had urged CM Nitish Kumar to arrest leader, as his party claimed that JDU is 'sanitising itself with liquor on tunes of Naagin Dance'. JDU took action against leader, as reports suggest even as Gaurav claimed that he is being framed. In his defence, Yuva JDU state vice president said that it is an old video from October 2019 from a hotel room in Nepal. He also added speaking to a newspaper that it was before he was elevated to position of party's VP.

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Bihar government under Nitish Kumar banned liquor sale and consumption in April 2016. A liquor ban politics of sorts has ensued since n in state with Mahagathbandhan including RJD and ors promising to revoke ban once y come to power, while Nitish Kumar continues to claim step as a success.

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Coronavirus cases in Bihar

Bihar Health Department on Sunday said a 16-year-old girl, a 40-year-old man and a 63-year-old man in Begusarai test positive for COVID19, taking total number of positive cases in state to 64. While 17 have recovered, one patient has died. recovered patients include six from Munger and five from Patna, leaving two districts with zero active cases as of w. All cases from Munger were traced to sole deceased patient of state who passed away on March 21, suffering from renal failure, a day before test results showed he was also COVID-19 positive. Three hospitals in state, one each at Patna, Bhagalpur and Gaya, have been dedicated to treatment of coronavirus patients.

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