After four years, Mizoram Assembly has passed a bill to once again bring back total prohibition of liquor in the northeastern state.
Excise and Narcotics Minister Dr K Beichhua while introducing the bill said, the state government decided to prohibit manufacture, import, sale and consumption of liquor for the common people for their general health and help in law enforcement.
Cutting across party lines, all the legislators supported the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Bill, 2019 that was passed on Wednesday.
The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) during the assembly election in November last year had promised to ensure total prohibition of liquor if voted to power.
Total prohibition was in force in Mizoram from 1997 to 2015. The previous Congress government led by Lal Thanhawla gave allowance to opening of wine shops in the state from March, 2015.