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Prohibition: Nitish Kumar's 2016 Gambit Now 2025 Bihar Polls Lightning Rod
- Saturday September 13, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar, Edited by Rohit Paul
In Bihar's politics, prohibition has always remained a controversial, deeply debated subject, and it is becoming increasingly so with the Assembly elections just months away.
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Ally's 'Little Liquor' Advice To Nitish Kumar On Prohibition Ahead Of Polls
- Friday September 12, 2025
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy, which has reaped political dividends for him over the years, is under attack, not just from the Opposition but from his allies in the NDA.
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Tejashwi Yadav's "Can Review" Hint On Bihar Liquor Ban Ahead Of Polls
- Sunday July 27, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Bihar's ban on alcohol, imposed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar nine years ago, could be up for review if the Grand Alliance comes to power. Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav dropped a broad hint on this today
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65 Dead Due To Toxic Liquor In Bihar, Worst Tragedy Since Prohibition
- Friday December 16, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Akhil Kumar
Nitish Kumar had yesterday refused to give compensation to the families of those killed, and said people should be "more vigilant" when the state anyway has prohibition.
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Video: "If You Drink, You'll Die," Says Nitish Kumar, Slammed Over Toxic Liquor Deaths
- Thursday December 15, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aarish Chhabra
On deaths in Saran, Bihar Chief Minister defends prohibition, says grief be expressed, and then people be made aware of how liquor "only kills"
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Video: Nitish Kumar, Fuming, Shouted "You're A Drunk" At BJP MLAs
- Wednesday December 14, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Nitish Kumar flew into a rage and screamed "sharabi ho tum (you are drunk)" at the opposition BJP today as he faced protests in the Bihar assembly over liquor deaths in the state that has been dry since 2016.
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Prohibition A Complete Failure, Asked Nitish Kumar To Review It: Prashant Kishor
- Thursday September 15, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Election strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Thursday claimed to have told Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that the state's much-touted liquor prohibition drive has been a "complete failure", and in need of a "review".
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Liquor Ban In Bihar Has Been A Complete Failure: Prashant Kishor
- Thursday June 2, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Election strategist-turned-politician, Prashant Kishor, on Thursday said prohibition in Bihar has been a complete failure but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "does not want to accept this reality".
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Nitish Kumar Remarks On "What If A Man Gets Married To Another Man?"
- Wednesday May 25, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar
"If a man marries another man, will there be childbirth?" Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked yesterday while stressing that there is nothing more wrong than demanding dowry for marrying a woman.
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Nitish Kumar Wants Drones, Dogs In Fight Against Illegal Liquor In Bihar
- Monday February 7, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Battling criticism over hooch tragedies, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar now wants drones and trained dogs to detect illegal stashes of liquor to effectively enforce the prohibition law.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bihar Planning To Relax Liquor Ban Amid Criticism
- Wednesday January 19, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Don't Come To Bihar If You Find Liquor Ban Inconvenient": Nitish Kumar
- Monday December 27, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called for public shaming of those flouting liquor ban in the state while hardening his stance against relaxing the stringent prohibition law for those coming to the dry state from elsewhere.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Do People Come To Bihar To Drink?": Nitish Kumar On Exempting Outsiders From Ban
- Friday December 24, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Demands for relaxing the stringent prohibition law in Bihar for those coming to the state from outside were on Friday dismissed outright by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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www.ndtv.com
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Empty Liquor Bottles On Bihar Assembly Campus Spark Tejashwi Yadav Attack
- Tuesday November 30, 2021
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Bihar's contentious prohibition policy sparked a showdown in the Assembly today between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who hit out at the ruling JDU-BJP government over a liquor bottle in the House.
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www.ndtv.com
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People Of Bihar To Take Oath Against Consuming Liquor On Nov 26: Nitish Kumar
- Monday November 22, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar government employees and the people of the state would take pledge on November 26 that they would not consume liquor, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Prohibition: Nitish Kumar's 2016 Gambit Now 2025 Bihar Polls Lightning Rod
- Saturday September 13, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar, Edited by Rohit Paul
In Bihar's politics, prohibition has always remained a controversial, deeply debated subject, and it is becoming increasingly so with the Assembly elections just months away.
-
www.ndtv.com
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Ally's 'Little Liquor' Advice To Nitish Kumar On Prohibition Ahead Of Polls
- Friday September 12, 2025
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy, which has reaped political dividends for him over the years, is under attack, not just from the Opposition but from his allies in the NDA.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tejashwi Yadav's "Can Review" Hint On Bihar Liquor Ban Ahead Of Polls
- Sunday July 27, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Bihar's ban on alcohol, imposed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar nine years ago, could be up for review if the Grand Alliance comes to power. Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav dropped a broad hint on this today
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www.ndtv.com
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65 Dead Due To Toxic Liquor In Bihar, Worst Tragedy Since Prohibition
- Friday December 16, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Akhil Kumar
Nitish Kumar had yesterday refused to give compensation to the families of those killed, and said people should be "more vigilant" when the state anyway has prohibition.
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: "If You Drink, You'll Die," Says Nitish Kumar, Slammed Over Toxic Liquor Deaths
- Thursday December 15, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aarish Chhabra
On deaths in Saran, Bihar Chief Minister defends prohibition, says grief be expressed, and then people be made aware of how liquor "only kills"
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Nitish Kumar, Fuming, Shouted "You're A Drunk" At BJP MLAs
- Wednesday December 14, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Nitish Kumar flew into a rage and screamed "sharabi ho tum (you are drunk)" at the opposition BJP today as he faced protests in the Bihar assembly over liquor deaths in the state that has been dry since 2016.
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www.ndtv.com
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Prohibition A Complete Failure, Asked Nitish Kumar To Review It: Prashant Kishor
- Thursday September 15, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Election strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Thursday claimed to have told Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that the state's much-touted liquor prohibition drive has been a "complete failure", and in need of a "review".
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www.ndtv.com
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Liquor Ban In Bihar Has Been A Complete Failure: Prashant Kishor
- Thursday June 2, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Election strategist-turned-politician, Prashant Kishor, on Thursday said prohibition in Bihar has been a complete failure but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "does not want to accept this reality".
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www.ndtv.com
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Nitish Kumar Remarks On "What If A Man Gets Married To Another Man?"
- Wednesday May 25, 2022
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar
"If a man marries another man, will there be childbirth?" Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked yesterday while stressing that there is nothing more wrong than demanding dowry for marrying a woman.
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www.ndtv.com
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Nitish Kumar Wants Drones, Dogs In Fight Against Illegal Liquor In Bihar
- Monday February 7, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Battling criticism over hooch tragedies, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar now wants drones and trained dogs to detect illegal stashes of liquor to effectively enforce the prohibition law.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bihar Planning To Relax Liquor Ban Amid Criticism
- Wednesday January 19, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Don't Come To Bihar If You Find Liquor Ban Inconvenient": Nitish Kumar
- Monday December 27, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called for public shaming of those flouting liquor ban in the state while hardening his stance against relaxing the stringent prohibition law for those coming to the dry state from elsewhere.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Do People Come To Bihar To Drink?": Nitish Kumar On Exempting Outsiders From Ban
- Friday December 24, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Demands for relaxing the stringent prohibition law in Bihar for those coming to the state from outside were on Friday dismissed outright by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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www.ndtv.com
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Empty Liquor Bottles On Bihar Assembly Campus Spark Tejashwi Yadav Attack
- Tuesday November 30, 2021
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Bihar's contentious prohibition policy sparked a showdown in the Assembly today between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who hit out at the ruling JDU-BJP government over a liquor bottle in the House.
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www.ndtv.com
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People Of Bihar To Take Oath Against Consuming Liquor On Nov 26: Nitish Kumar
- Monday November 22, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar government employees and the people of the state would take pledge on November 26 that they would not consume liquor, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com