Even as Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar has come below sharp complaint over the 70 hooch-associated deaths in Saran district, it has thrown mild on one question — is the country authorities legally duty-certain to pay monetary comfort to sufferers’ family?
Kumar on Thursday angered the competition and public over his “crass and insensitive comments” over hooch deaths. “Piyoge to maroge (individuals who drink, will die). We aren’t going to present a unmarried penny to individuals who died after eating spurious liquor. I actually have told my officials now no longer to arrest bad humans, however alternatively pass after individuals who run unlawful liquor cartels withinside the country.”
Kumar stated that the authorities become geared up to present monetary help of Rs 1 lakh to begin small groups to individuals who had been into the enterprise of creating desi liquor.
Senior JD (U) chief Upendra Kushwaha additionally made a scathing remark. “Demanding reimbursement for hooch sufferers is comparable to asking comfort for a person who manufactures and flowers bombs. Will the country authorities pay for folks that plant bombs? It by no means happens.”
THE ATTACK
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cornered the Nitish-Tejaswi-led authorities over one of the worst hooch tragedies when you consider that prohibition got here into pressure withinside the country in 2016.
Sushil Modi, former deputy leader minister and as soon as a near aide of Nitish Kumar, led the rate in opposition to the authorities. “The authorities can’t discriminate in opposition to the family of Saran hooch sufferers, as they’ve already given comparable reimbursement to the family of Khajurbani hooch tragedy, wherein 19 humans had died in 2016.”
JD (U) countrywide president Lalan Singh shared a image displaying the BJP-dominated states crowned in hooch tragedies, which become strongly disregarded via way of means of Modi, who stated the Bihar authorities become hiding the deaths and greater than 1,000 humans have died when you consider that 2016.
THE CATCH-22
If the authorities concurs to pay reimbursement in hooch-associated deaths, the BJP will benefit political mileage. The circulate may even have monetary implications.
Quoting the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics, Bihar deputy leader minister Tejashwi Yadav claimed that handiest 23 humans died among 2016 and 2021. While the NCRB compiles statistics primarily based totally at the numbers given via way of means of the states, questions are being raised over handiest 23 deaths in greater than 20 hooch tragedies on this period.
Kumar now unearths himself trapped in his personal prohibition policy. In the recently-held Kurhni meeting via way of means of-polls, prohibition had turn out to be a political issue, which become raised at some point of an inner birthday birthday celebration overview meeting.
During the five-day iciness session, the BJP didn’t permit the authorities to perform legislative groups disturbing Kumar’s apology for his objectionable comments in opposition to BJP legislators.
Samrat Chaudhary, chief of the competition withinside the legislative council, stated if the authorities didn’t launch monetary reimbursement, the BJP would possibly circulate the excessive court.
VOICES
The Congress and the CPI are in unison and disturbing reimbursement for the family of the deceased. The RJD unearths itself in a quandary.
Meanwhile, Tejashwi Yadav, while in competition, had made a mockery of the then NDA authorities, after an empty liquor bottle become located withinside the meeting premises. Under assault from the BJP and media, Tejaswi Yadav stated the media need to cognizance on padhai, (education) dawai, (medicine) kamai, (job) and sinchai (irrigation), as he dared the BJP to pop out overtly in the event that they need to cease the prohibition regime.
