Can you make liquor from milk?

One very big reason for Mr Nitish Kumar's victory in the recent elections in Bihar was that 63.6% of women turned out to vote, as against 56% of men. His promise of stopping the sale of all alcoholic drinks in the state drew in women and minorities. Even a couple of weeks back he promised to close down all liquor shops and enforce complete prohibition from 1 April next year. Bihar earned over Rs 30 billion from taxes on alcohol last year, whose loss will put a big dent in state finances, so a few days back Mr Kumar said that he will ban only country liquor, which are drinks brewed locally, but allow foreign made liquor sales to continue. Which is cute because the so-called foreign liquor is actually Indian Made Foreign Liquor, or IMFL, which is the official jargon for whisky, vodka, wine or beer. IMFL is brewed and bottled in India but the names sound foreign. To maximise revenues he has said that only government shops will be allowed to sell alcohol, so it will earn from commissions as well as taxes. Perhaps he is inspired by Tamil Nadu where the government earned Rs 210 billion in 2012-13 from its drinks marketing arm, known as TASMAC. Its revenues have rocketed from Rs 38 billion in 2002-03. This is certainly not what the women had in mind when they voted for him. To pacify the ladies of Bihar Mr Kumar has come out with a new wheeze. All liquor stores will be converted into shops selling milk. Maybe because the senior partner in his coalition government, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav loves the " fragrance " of cows and his twitter campaign was conducted from a cowshed in Danapur. Bihar desperately needs investment. Will business leaders and foreigners be impressed drinking milk with soda or tonic water or on the rocks, we do not know. Perhaps, locals will find a way to ferment milk to make it more cheerful. Power is so addictive that politicians make wild promises which only increase the suffering of people as widows are finding out in Punjab where a bankrupt government is selling off widows' ashrams, jails and asylum land to raise money. Politicians and civil servants are protected for life at taxpayer expense while taxpayers get nothing. Delhi Chief Minister had made lofty promises to appoint a powerful Lokpal, or ombudsman, which will hold his government accountable. Turns out that those were total lies and the poison-pen bill introduced in the assembly is deliberately designed to precipitate an argument with the central government so that an effective check on government can be avoided. From 1 to 15 January cars with odd and even numbers will be allowed on roads on alternate days. Schools have been closed during those days, which will take thousands of school buses as well as private transport, used to take students to school, off the roads so that the government can claim success with its strong-arm tactics. Do politicians have a genetic defect?