Patna,(BiharTimes): Union food minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday sat on a day-long dharna (sit-in) at Gardanibagh in Patna in protest against the Nitish Kumar government’s decision to impose ban on toddy.

On this occasion he said that it was wrong to ban the sale of toddy in Bihar as it is good for health. Compare a person who takes toddy at 5:00 in the morning for a year with the one not taking it. The first one would be quite healthy.

“A few years back when I was ill, doctors advised me to drink toddy. Though I did not like the taste and stopped drinking after a while, doctors said drinking toddy is good for health,” he said.

Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had also said a similar thing a few days back.