Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has announced that he will follow the footsteps of Bihar and prohibition of alcohol will be imposed in Chhattisgarh, though in a phased manner.

Raman Singh made this announcement in Munger, after his meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar earlier in Patna today. Singh is on a two-day personal visit to Bihar and had gone to Munger Yogashram to meet Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.

Singh said that he was in favour of liquor prohibition and the first step towards this will be to impose it in villages with a population of 3,000 and more.

"Prohibition will be imposed first in villages in Chhattisgarh having population of 3,000 and more," said the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh has now become the second state to declare imposing alcohol prohibition in the state after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan made a similar announcement earlier in the week.

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