Nitish Kumar promises prohibition if UP voters 'strengthen' his hands

Mirzapur:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today promised total prohibition on the lines of his state if the people of Uttar Pradesh "strengthen" his hands in the 2017 Assembly elections.

"Prohibition is necessary for the country and society...if the people here strengthen our hands, we will implement it here as well," the JD(U) leader said at a public meeting at Shivshankari Dham, about 40 km from Mirzapur.

"When the women of Bihar asked me to put an end to liquor, I said if our government comes back, it will be done and we fulfilled our promise," said Mr Kumar.

He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been moving about and giving speeches whereas, his government has done nothing in the last two years. "None of the election promises has been kept," he said.

Commenting on the alleged Hindu migration in Kairana in western UP, Kumar said the communal atmosphere in UP is vitiated at the time of elections.

He said the people in Kairana have been migrating because of unemployment and poverty and the incident is being given communal colour.