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Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) reiterated that if voted to power, it volition scrap the prohibition connected merchantability and depletion of liquor successful Bihar imposed by the Nitish Kumar government.
It said the astir ₹28,000 crore gross surplus frankincense generated volition beryllium utilised to rise loans to the tune of ₹5 lakh crore to ₹6 lakh crore from World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Talking to reporters present portion welcoming LJV (RV) person Kumar Saurav to the party, Jan Suraaj Party's nationalist president Udai Singh, said, "We person been maintaining that liquor prohibition successful the authorities volition beryllium lifted immediately, if Jan Suraaj is voted to powerfulness successful Bihar successful the upcoming assembly polls. The authorities volition beryllium capable to prevention astir ₹28,000 crore gross loss…which volition beryllium utilised to rise loans to the tune of ₹5 lakh crore to ₹6 lakh crore from the World Bank and IMF." Mr. Singh said, "Saurav is well-versed successful concern and law. He worked arsenic state caput of securitisation successful a backstage slope successful India…We volition usage his expertise successful raising loans to the tune of ₹5 lakh crore to ₹6 lakh crore from the World Bank and the IMF from the state's revenue, which volition beryllium saved aft lifting liquor prohibition successful Bihar."
Poll strategist-turned-politician Mr. Kishor has already promised to scrap the liquor prohibition successful Bihar wrong an hr if his Jan Suraaj enactment forms the adjacent authorities successful the State.
The merchantability and depletion of intoxicant was banned successful Bihar by the Nitish Kumar authorities successful April 2016.
After joining Jan Suraaj Party, Saurav told reporters, "I person not discontinue Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) owed to differences with party's main Chirag Paswan….I joined Jan Suraaj to enactment with Prashant Kishor ji, who has been tirelessly moving for the betterment of Bihar and the radical of the State."
