Nitish meets anti-liquor activists in Delhi

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has planned to take his anti-liquor campaign beyond Bihar, today met here activists working for prohibition in various parts of the country.
Kumar, who is on a visit to the national capital, also held talks with leaders of Gurjar community which has sizeable presence in Uttar Pradesh where JD(U) is trying to have an alliance with smaller parties for the 2017 Assembly elections in its effort to widen its support base in the country.
The JD(U) Chief met Pooja Chabada, a social activist based in Jaipur, who is leading a movement for total prohibition in Rajasthan, among others.

He also met representatives of All India Gurjar Mahasabha at Bihar Bhawan including its president Ram Sharan Bhati and vice president Birendra Bidudi, Sumant Bhati, president Haryana JD(U) and Jile Singh, retired director, Horticulture, NDMC.
He also met other social and political activists from UP, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana.
After imposing total prohibition in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has plans to visit a number of states including Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year, to lend support to anti-liquor movements as his party JD(U) seeks to widen its reach.

Kumar, who is believed to be having a strong support base among women voters in the state, has got invitations from a number of women organisations engaged in anti-liquor movements in UP, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Party General Secretary K C Tyagi had earlier said the Chief Minister has agreed to visit these states and hold interaction with women organisations.
"Invitations are from Jaipur in Rajasthan, Wardha in Maharashtra, Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand and some places from Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Minister will be visiting these states in May," Tyagi had told PTI.
Nitish Kumar government had announced a complete ban on liquor, domestic and spicy (masaledaar), as well as Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in Bihar, fulfilling a major election promise.