“When we form the government after the 2025 assembly polls in Bihar, we will end the liquor ban within one hour,” he said, adding that “the existing prohibition law in the state is fake.”The state has been incurring a “loss of nearly Rs 20,000 crore every year,” while the “liquor mafia and officials continue to make money from illegal trade,” Kishor said.The Jan Suraj chief said he would continue to speak against the policy and was not afraid of losing votes of women.”Whether I get votes of women or not, I will continue speaking against the liquor ban since it is not in the interest of Bihar,” he said.Kishor also said Kumar was holding on to power as if he had applied adhesive to his chair and that the BJP, as his ally, bore the brunt of his “misrule”, just like Congress was also “responsible for Lalu’s jungle raj.””If RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar are responsible for the destruction of Bihar, the Congress and the BJP are to be equally blamed for the same. Both parties have been supporting Lalu and Nitish respectively, for the last few years,” he said.”It seems that the link between Nitish Kumar and the chair of the CM is unbreakable—be it any alliance. Kumar has applied Fevicol on the CM’s chair that keeps him intact to it,” Kishor added.Kishor claimed that he had advised Kumar not to become CM when his party had won only 42 seats in the last assembly polls.”But Nitish Kumar accepted the offer and became the CM. This is the bond he has with the chair of CM,” he said.He criticised both the RJD and Kumar’s JD(U) for “harming the interests” of Bihar.”The people of Bihar have witnessed both of them for 30 years. Now, I am confident that we will win in Bihar in the next year’s assembly polls. We will have a comprehensive victory…If our party touches a mere majority figure in the 243-member assembly or gets 10-15 seats more than the majority, it will be a defeat for us. I will accept my defeat. We want a comprehensive victory”, he said.Kishor said the BJP would face a “humiliating defeat in the coming polls as the saffron party is witnessing a leadership crisis in Bihar.””People don’t know who is the present state BJP chief. Not even ten per cent of citizens can recognise him by face,” he added.
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