If govt can sell liquor, why can't we: Bihar liquor traders
Updated: Dec 23, 2015 05:14:01pm
Patna, Dec 23 (KNN) Small liquor traders who are left with no option but to shut their shops or sell milk in Bihar have expressed outrage against the Bihar Government’s decision to ban liquor shops in the state.
Owner of GC Wine Shop in the state capital expressed unhappiness over Nitish Kumar led Bihar Government’s decision and said, “If government can sell liquor, why can’t we. This a wrong decision to ban the liquor in Bihar, he said adding that this is the mode of livelihood for them.
Bipin Kumar, owner of Rimjhim Wine Shop said, “We are left with no option but to think of alternatives. Government is not fulfilling its promise,” he added.
The small traders were not happy with the government’s decision to o offer dairy booths to those affected by closure of liquor vends as part of the policy to enforce prohibition in a phased manner in the state.
The government is discussing with Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation (COMPFED), producer of the famous Sudha milk and sweets, to work out modalities for converting liquor shops into dairy booths.
The traders said, “Someone might we willing to open a Milk Parlour and someone might not.”
After several flip-flops, the Bihar government has decided that the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in the state will be in phases beginning on April 1, 2016. Country-made alcohol will be totally prohibited in the first phase while the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will be banned six months after in the second phase.
There are around 6,000 shops across the state where Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) is sold. (KNN Bureau)
Owner of GC Wine Shop in the state capital expressed unhappiness over Nitish Kumar led Bihar Government’s decision and said, “If government can sell liquor, why can’t we. This a wrong decision to ban the liquor in Bihar, he said adding that this is the mode of livelihood for them.
Bipin Kumar, owner of Rimjhim Wine Shop said, “We are left with no option but to think of alternatives. Government is not fulfilling its promise,” he added.
The small traders were not happy with the government’s decision to o offer dairy booths to those affected by closure of liquor vends as part of the policy to enforce prohibition in a phased manner in the state.
The government is discussing with Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation (COMPFED), producer of the famous Sudha milk and sweets, to work out modalities for converting liquor shops into dairy booths.
The traders said, “Someone might we willing to open a Milk Parlour and someone might not.”
After several flip-flops, the Bihar government has decided that the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in the state will be in phases beginning on April 1, 2016. Country-made alcohol will be totally prohibited in the first phase while the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will be banned six months after in the second phase.
There are around 6,000 shops across the state where Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) is sold. (KNN Bureau)
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