Greed for revenue, mafia pressure behind no ban on liquor: Uma Bharti
Bhopal: In the wake of death of several people due to consumption of spurious alcohol in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, BJP vice-president Uma Bharti on Thursday said that due to the "greed" for revenue and pressure by liquor mafia, drinking is not being banned.
She expressed her opinion in a series of tweets in Hindi.
"A large number of people died due to liquor consumption in UP and MP recently. The reason behind the fatal road accidents is that drivers are drunk. It is surprising that for the greed for paltry revenue collection and due to the liquor mafias' pressure, drinking isn't banned," she said.
"It looks like that the state machinery serves liquor to the people. It is like a mother who is responsible for feeding and protecting her child, giving poison to the baby.
Opening of the liquor shops by the state is similar to that," the former Union minister said.
Advocating complete prohibition, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister tweeted, "During the coronavirus- induced lockdown a sort of ban on drinking prevailed. And this made it clear that people had either died of COVID-19 or other reasons. No one has died of drinking liquor then."
In what appears to be a taunt to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bharti said, "Madhya Pradesh government has not taken any decision on opening more liquor outlets yet. This statement by @ChouhanShivraj ji is commendable."
Over 20 people died in a hooch tragedy in Morena district of MP earlier this month. Spurious liquor had also claimed the lives of more than a dozen people in Ujjain in October last year.
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Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap who was arrested for 'fake video' joins BJP
New Delhi (PTI): Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap, who was arrested last year for allegedly circulating fake videos of Bihar migrants being harassed in Tamil Nadu, joined the BJP on Thursday.
Kashyap, who is currently out on bail, joined the BJP in the presence Anil Baluni, its national media department in-charge, and co-in-charges Sanjay Mayukh and Manoj Tiwari. His mother was also present during the joining programme in the national capital.
"I have joined the BJP to work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. My mother, who fought for me when I was in jail for nine months, asked me to join the BJP," Kashyap told reporters.
Tiwari, who is seeking a third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha from the North East Delhi constituency, expressed his happiness over Kashyap joining the BJP and alleged that he was put behind bars because "some people" wanted to silence him.
"Manish Kashyap raised the issue of people and always spoke in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But, in this country, some non-BJP governments gave him a lot of trouble," Tiwari said.
He also assured Kashyap that the BJP will give him due respect "in future", according to his abilities
