Patna, Oct 18 (Reporter) Leader of the opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav on Friday alleged that the Rs 30,000 Crores market of illegal liquor was flourishing in the dry state while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remained only a silent spectator, giving free hands to liquor mafias and criminals. Yadav said that Bihar was a dry state but liquor mafias had free hands due to protection being given by leaders of ruling parties and top officials. As per an estimate, the Rs 30,000 Crores market of illegal liquor was flourishing in dry Bihar which was a reflection of the failure of the Nitish Kumar government to enforce prohibition in the state, he added. " As per government record, more than 300 people died in Bihar in hooch tragedy since liquor ban was imposed in the state but in reality, more than 1000 people died so far due to consumption of spurious liquor", the leader of the opposition said adding that most of those nabbed for smuggling of liquor were leaders and workers of ruling JD(U). Poor were the worst sufferers of the liquor ban as 8.43 lakh cases were lodged for violation of liquor ban laws and 12.70 lakhs were arrested, most of them were poor. Top officials of Nitish Kumar government were acting as patronisers of liquor mafias, which helped them in the smuggling of liquor, he alleged. Yadav, also a senior RJD leader, wondered over the fact that Chief Minister Kumar did not utter even a single word of solace for those who lost their lives in hooch tragedy. Instead, he was seen laughing along with his cabinet colleagues and officials during a function in Patna, he remarked. The leader of the opposition said that no senior civil or police officer had been suspended so far in any case of hooch tragedy. Despite tall claims of the Nitish Kumar government, the liquor ban had proved to be a super flop in Bihar, he alleged...////...