Jitan Ram Manjhi Controversial Statement: Famous for his controversial statements, Union Minister and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has mentioned the state’s 13-14 crore population on the question of the death of nearly three dozen people due to alcohol in Siwan and Saran (Chhapra) and said that ‘Something always happens. is This kind of incident keeps happening. Two years ago in December 2022, when over 70 people died due to poisoned liquor in Chhapra, CM Nitish Kumar, who implemented liquor ban in the state, said that those who drink will die. In Siwan and Saran, three dozen people have died due to alcohol poisoning in four-five days and many people are hospitalized. Siwan has the highest number of deaths.

Jitanram Manjhi said, ‘The Bihar government is working very diligently in this, whoever is responsible for the incidents, these people catch them. This kind of incident happens every now and then. 13 crore, 14 crore population. Something happens somewhere. It is not only a matter of Bihar, this kind of thing happens in other places too.’ Manjhi’s son Santosh Suman Manjhi has alleged that people from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) are selling liquor. Santosh Suman is the president of Hindustani Awam-Morcha-Secular (Hum) and a minister in the Nitish government.

Opposition leaders like Tejashwi Yadav, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Prashant Kishor have attributed the failure of prohibition to the sale of poisoned liquor and blamed it on the complicity of the system, the police and the liquor mafia. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sent production department, liquor ban police to the affected areas for investigation and action. DGP Alok Raj is also monitoring the investigation into the matter and the arrest of the suspects.