Bihar Excise Minister Abdul Zalil Mastan triggered another controversy after he said that all those people who are against prohibition and are opposing the new liquor law in the state were "mad".

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Mastan said those who were challenging the new liquor law were mad.

"All those people are mad who are challenging the new liquor law," said Mastan.

PIL was filed a day after new liquor law was imposed in the state by a retired professor of Patna University, Rai Murari challenging the provisions of the new liquor law.

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Last week, Mastan had triggered another controversy on the same issue when he was questioned about declining number of tourists in the state post imposition of prohibition in Bihar. Mastan then said that foreign tourists did no good to the state but instead created litter and left the state in dirt and garbage.

New liquor law called Bihar Prohibition And Excise Act, 2016 was enforced in the state on October 2.

The Patna High Court on September 30 had scrapped the old liquor law calling it illegal and unconstitutional.

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