"Are Soldiers Who Drink Mahapaapi?" Tejashwi Yadav To Nitish Kumar

Tejashwi Yadav's remark came after Nitish Kumar, in a speech in the Bihar assembly, described drinkers as "Mahapaapi (sinners) who are not Indians".

Nitish Kumar's comments describing drinkers as "Mahapaapi (sinners) who are not Indians" have drawn a retort from Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav, who wondered today whether the Chief Minister was also referring to soldiers who drink.

"Going by Nitish Kumar's logic, Indian soldiers who drink are also not Hindustani. Criminals who spill rivers of blood and the corrupt are not Mahapaapi or Maha-ayogya (sinners and worthless) but drinkers are?" Tejashwi Yadav tweeted in Hindi, sharing a video of Nitish Kumar's comment in the Bihar assembly.

The RJD leader had said in an earlier tweet that the Chief Minister was "tired and defeated" and that even his ally BJP was realising it now.

On Wednesday, Nitish Kumar made an impassioned speech in the Bihar assembly over hooch tragedies in the state that banned liquor in 2016. The assembly was discussion amendments to make the liquor ban less stringent for first-time offenders.