Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was attending a programme on women at the S K Memorial Hall in Patna on July 9, 2015—just four months before the assembly elections. When the programme was almost over and Kumar was about to leave, a group of women suddenly broke protocol and wanted to say something to him. The organisers stopped them. Commotion followed. Nitish then intervened and asked the women to say whatever they wanted to say. The women said in unison in an appealing tone, “Mukhyamantriji, kripya karke sharab bandh karaiye. Humara ghar barbad ho raha hai (chief minister, please ban liquor. Our families are being ruined).”