Turn Off The Lights And Drink Juice, Same As Having Alcohol, Says Teetotaller Nitish Kumar

For those of you fond of your occasional tipple, try not to hold this against Nitish Kumar, the teetotaller Chief Minister of Bihar who has imposed complete prohibition in his state.

Kumar has this strange advice for drinkers.

"Try turning off the lights and drinking juice in the dark, you will feel the same (as consuming booze)," Kumar said. "Such big positive change has come in, why ruin it for a peg or two?"

Such big positive change has come in, why ruin it for a peg or two? Turn off the lights & drink juice, you will feel its the same: Bihar CM

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 13, 2016

Kumar declared Bihar a dry state in April and insisted that the liquor ban has vastly improved life in the rural areas. However, there have been hooch deaths in Bihar after the ban, which Kumar has dismissed as isolated incidents and not failure of prohibition.

The controversial Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill 2016 was passed by Bihar Governor Ram Nathan Kovind earlier this month. Under its provision, all adult members of a family could be arrested if a bottle of liquor is found in their house, sparking fears that it would become a tool for harassment in the hands of the powerful.

Kumar's advice has predictably prompted sharp reactions from people who take both their juice and alcohol seriously.

@ANI_news Now pls ban non veg..and if anyone oppose tell them to turn off the light and eat mooli it taste same like chicken lollypop.

— latishachary (@latishachary) September 13, 2016

@ANI_news next: why marry when you can masturbate ? 🙈

— Nagendra Srikanth (@srikanthramanam) September 13, 2016

@ANI_news The way things in Bihar are, thanks to you guys, there is no need to "switch-off" lights...they are never ON. #NitishKumar #Bihar

— Abhi (@43hijeet) September 13, 2016

@ANI_news untold secret of 'kick' realised now. Drink juice in the dark.

— SRINATH KUNIKULLAYA. (@SKUNIKULLAYA) September 13, 2016

Should the Juice be peated or single cask Mr.@NitishKumar & aged for how many years?

Has @yadavtejashwi tried it? pic.twitter.com/NIGEZIp8xl

— Amit Bagaria (@RealAmitBagaria) September 14, 2016

Twitter seems to have come to the conclusion that Kumar has neither tasted juice or alcohol if he thinks both beverages can pass for each other.