‘Be it China, Pakistan, Terrorist Or Anti-National, Centre Gives Befitting Reply’: Shahnawaz Hussain
Speaking on the liquor ban in Bihar the Minister said the State Government is committed to prohibit and will implement it completely
Mumbai: Replying to Congress Leader Manish Tewari’s remarks that the Central Government has not given a reply to China, Bihar Industry Minister and senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday said that the Central government knows how to give a benefitting reply be it China, Pakistan, terrorists or anti-nationals.
Hussain said, “Be it China, Pakistan, terrorist or anti-national, our government has given a befitting reply.”
Agreeing with Tewari’s criticism to the Manmohan Singh government for not taking any action after the 26/11 Mumbai attack in his book, Hussain said, “At that time it was Manmohan Singh government. He was Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi was chairperson of the UPA. 26/11 was the big incident and the action that we should have seen was missing that time. What Manish Tewari is saying is correct.”Also Read: Cong-Led Govt Should’ve Acted After 26/11, Restraint Showed Weakness: Tewari
He further spoke to ANI on the liquor ban in Bihar and said the State Government is committed to prohibiting and will implement it completely.
“Lalu Prasad is saying that today that he warned Nitish Kumar but he doesn’t remember that when the prohibition law was passed, he himself was in government with Nitish Kumar and BJP being in Opposition supported the ban. When RJD was in government, they liked prohibition and it was a government’s decision and assembly accepted it,” said Bihar Minister.
He further said that the liquor ban should be fully implemented in the state and for that, the State Government is committed.
“We are committed to prohibition and to stop the smuggling of liquor in Bihar. Our State should be liquor-free. Everyone should pledge to make Bihar liquor-free,” he added.
The State Minister said that this year our country is celebrating 25 years of Independence and “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” and the occasion will be used to make our State free from liquor.
Earlier this month, The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) had urged the Bihar government to end liquor prohibition in the state after a series of 30 deaths linked to consumption of illicit liquor was reported this month.
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