Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has some very original advise for those craving alcohol in his state where there is a blanket ban on consumption and possession. “Turn off the lights and drink juice, you will feel the same,” suggested Kumar primly. He continued to bait recreational drinkers not just in Bihar but everywhere in India by declaring that enforcing prohibition has been the highlight of his career. “I feel a deep sense of fulfillment after banning alcohol,” he claimed. Not that it was likely to feature on anybody’s bucket list, but there’s now yet another reason never to go to Bihar.http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/on-the-loose-bottoms-down-sometimes-the-laughs-write-themselves-3037997/
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