Patna, Feb. 22 -- Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) President, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, on Sunday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "non-implementation" of the prohibition laws in the state. Ruling NDA constituents such as Vikaasheel Insaan Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha too questioned "ineffective" enforcement of the anti-liquor laws.

Yadav on Sunday met victims of spurious liquor tragedy that had claimed five lives, including four of a family in in Muzzafarpur district's Dargah village on February 18.

"It was extremely painful when we met the deceased families. They belong to poor sections of society and their sole bread earner has left them," he said while giving a financial aid of Rs 45,000 in cash to dependents of ...