“I have said many times that as an NDA partner, my party may be supporting the government in the state, but it is not part of the regime here. I certainly believe that toddy, a natural product, must not be considered liquor,” he told reporters on Monday.
The Paswan community is traditionally known to dominate the toddy business in the state.
Addressing a convention of the Pasis in Patna on Sunday, Yadav said the prohibition law has affected the community whose only source of livelihood was toddy-tapping.
Promising to remove the ban on toddy, Yadav said the Pasi community has been doing this job for generations, and they have no other skills or agricultural land to earn a livelihood. PTI PKD SOM RG