CPI MLA Satyadeo Ram, who represents Darauli seat of Siwan, toured the affected areas and alleged, “The administration appears intent on brushing your entire factor below the carpet. Residents of at the very least 60 villages have consumed liquor. This might not have occurred on such a big scale except these concerned within the illicit commerce have been being patronised by the native administration.”
Chief of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav got here out with an indignant assertion saying, “Hooch deaths have develop into a routine in Bihar however by no means ever has a high-ranking official confronted the music for the lapse. If spurious liquor is out there regardless of prohibition, it is usually a failure on a part of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has held on to the house portfolio all by means of his tenure.” In the meantime, the chief minister chaired a high-level assembly to assessment the state of affairs the place he instructed officers involved to go to the positioning and guarantee strongest doable motion towards these discovered responsible.