Prohibition a public matter, not my private concern: CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Hitting back at the opposition leaders for issuing different statements over the death of people in the recent hooch tragedies in the state, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the issue of prohibition was a public matter and all political parties should work unitedly for the enforcement of total prohibition in the state.
“We (all political parties) unitedly decided to enforce total prohibition in the state. But these days, it deeply pains me when some people issue different sorts of statements. Why do you issue only statements? Why do you not get the wrong people caught? If something wrong is happening somewhere, give information about it to the proper authorities,” Nitish said without taking the name of any opposition leader, while responding to a media query after his ‘janata darbar’ programme.
“When the Bill related to the total prohibition was passed, people of all political parties unitedly supported it in the assembly and also in the legislative council. If you feel that someone is committing wrong, please inform the authorities/government. Some people just issue statements in the newspapers that they have written to the CM. What have you written to the CM? All people have to cooperate in this matter because legislators of all parties were together in the House and had taken pledge in favour of the prohibition. The political parties which were in power those days and those who were not in power, all had supported the probation laws. All proposals related to prohibition were passed unanimously,” Nitish said while responding to a query over the enforcement of prohibition.
The CM also said that people in the opposition were today indulging in only issuing statements in the media. “All people would have to work unitedly on the issue of enforcement of prohibition. It is not my private concern, it is a public issue. It is in the interest of all,” Nitish said.
Nitish added he would hold a “detailed review meeting” over prohibition on November 16 after the Chhath festival. “I will review as to how many complaints came, how many were taken up, what actions were taken and what was the result of those actions. I have already asked the DGP and senior officials that I will review everything from each district,” the CM said.