Summary:
Patna, Jan 22 (PTI) In a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, its strident detractor Chirag Paswan on Saturday equated hooch deaths in the state with "murder" and renewed the demand for President"s rule.
Paswan also alleged that the chief minister went after "whoever dared to show him the mirror", a reason why the knives are out in his JD(U) for BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal after the latter pointed out shortcomings in the prohibition law.
"The spurt in hooch death cases across Bihar is proof that sale and manufacture of spurious liquor are rampant in the state," he said.
The Jamui MP heads a splinter group of the LJP founded by his late father Ram Vilas Paswan.
"Barely a week ago I had visited Nalanda, the home district of the chief minister, where so many people had died and wails of bereaved women presented such a distressing sight.
And now we have another episode in Chapra in Saran," he said.