Bihar Chief Minister has done the unexpected. He has imposed total ban on alcohol in Bihar from today. This would effect any kind of liquor, whether its desi or foreign. Present ban would include Bihar in the elite group of states which have banned alcohol. Kerala, Gujarat and Nagaland were the only states that are implementing a ban on liquor.

Though Bihar has been earning thousands of crores through liquor sales, the government was of the view that alcoholism is severely affecting the poor. Nitish Kumar has often reiterated that women are worst effected by alcohol consumption in their families. Bihar has tried for a ban on alcohol in past. That was during the tenure of Karpoori Thakur during 1977-78 who  proposed a liquor ban. However, his government had failed to implement it effectively. Hope that history won’t repeat for Bihar.