Patna, Oct 2 (PTI) Bihar Health Minister Nishant Kumar on Friday said that his father Nitish Kumar’s decision as chief minister to impose prohibition in the state was based on Gandhian philosophy.
On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Nishant Kumar said his father subscribes to principles propounded by the Father of the Nation.
The Nitish Kumar government enacted the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act in 2016 to ban manufacture, sale, possession, transport, and consumption of alcohol across the state.
“My father subscribed to Gandhism, and the decision to impose the liquor ban is based on Gandhian philosophy,” Kumar told reporters.
He said his father’s ideas resonate with those of Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Karpoori Thakur and “he worked for liquor prohibition, women empowerment, environment and JEEVIKA didis (self-help groups)” in an exemplary manner.
“My father showed the world that politics could be a means of social transformation,” he said. PTI SUK NN
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