Will liquor prohibition be reversed with a handing over ‘power’ by Nitish to Tejashwi?

New Delhi: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will have to withdraw the decision of liquor prohibition. It is merely a question of timing of when the decision should be taken back, but theoretically the atmosphere has been created for the decision to be rolled back. So far Nitish was able to stick to this decision because he had the support of ally, the BJP. When the Rashtriya Janata Dal was also involved in the government, it did not oppose it openly. Its leaders made sporadic statements but did not press for the withdrawal of this law. But now there is pressure on Nitish from both inside and outside. His ally RJD leaders are pressurizing him to withdraw this decision, so now the BJP is also openly saying that the decision should be cancelled.

After the death of about 60 people allegedly due to spurious liquor in Chhapra, the home constituency of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, serious questions are being raised on prohibition. Keep in mind that after going again with Lalu Prasad's party, Nitish Kumar's government relaxed the prohibition law in many ways. The provisions of arrest were also relaxed. Now the next step is the return of the law. Informed sources say that Nitish Kumar himself may not withdraw the decision but he is going to hand over the power to Tejashwi Yadav very soon, sooner than expected.