Patna, Nov 27: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced fulfilling a promise he made to women before the assembly elections in the state to ban liquor from April 1 next year.
The state earns a revenue of Rs 4000 rpt 4000 crore annually from liquor sale.
“But in the interest of women and poor, the state government will impose ban on liquor from April 1, 2016,” he said.
Women had requested Kumar at a function ahead of the October-November assembly polls to stop sale of liquor saying it was ruining their homes and Kumar had promised to do so if he returned to power.
The promise has believed to have paid rich dividends to Kumar in the elections as women voters outnumbered men by nearly 5 per cent in all five phases of voting.
He also stressed on the role of NGOs in spreading awareness among the people and said those who excelled in it would be awarded.
