Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi believes drinking fresh toddy is good for health and has medicinal value as well. He learnt about toddy's medicinal properties from a childhood experience. When he was young and had fallen sick, his father gave him toddy for 15 days.
"I recovered very fast and realised it had medicinal value," he said on Sunday. Needless to say, he has slammed the Nitish Kumar government in the state for banning the sale of toddy and said the "useless" move would affect many people's livelihood.
