Friday, March 29, 2024
ADVT 
India

Pakistan's Plan To Weaken Indian Army Involves Drugs, Says Amarinder Singh

IANS, 07 Oct, 2018 10:27 PM
    Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh today claimed that Pakistan is trying to destroy India's youth by flooding the state with drugs and in turn, stopping them from enrolling in the Indian Army.
     
     
    Addressing the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Mr Singh said: "We have had an influx of drugs, which has started to grow in recent years. It is at a critical point and we have cracked down hard on this. Pakistan has a long-term plan of destroying our youth. They are trying to demolish the youth along the border."
     
     
    "If you don't have healthy youth, where will you get jawans from," he said, adding that his government was going all out to solve the drug problem, which was at a critical point.
     
     
    Alleging Pakistan's motives were evident from the fact that drugs were being sent to Amritsar from Gujarat, even though they could fetch better prices in Delhi and Mumbai, Captain Singh called for a national policy to tackle the problem.
     
     
    The Punjab chief minister pointed to recent seizures of hundreds of kilograms of heroin at Gujarat's Mandvi port and in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. In both these cases, Mr Singh said, the intended destination of the narcotic substances was Punjab.
     
     
    He said the state and central agencies have identified a few big illegal drug operators and were going after them.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Watch: Asked To Wrap Speech, AIADMK Lawmaker Fights With Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi

    Watch: Asked To Wrap Speech, AIADMK Lawmaker Fights With Puducherry Lt Governor  Kiran Bedi
    Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, who was listening to the speech delivered in Tamil, appeared to indicate that the MLA was going beyond the time limit. He was then handed a slip by an officer asking him to stop.

    Watch: Asked To Wrap Speech, AIADMK Lawmaker Fights With Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi

    Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi To Be The Chief Guest At Sangh's Vijayadashmi Event

    Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi will be the chief guest at the RSS' Vijayadashmi function in Nagpur on October 18, a top Sangh functionary said on Tuesday.  

    Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi To Be The Chief Guest At Sangh's Vijayadashmi Event

    'Will Son's Death Now Be Probed As Murder?' UP Muslim Man Embraces Hinduism With Family

    'Will Son's Death Now Be Probed As Murder?' UP Muslim Man Embraces Hinduism With Family
    The man changed his religion along with 12 of his family members and submitted an affidavit to the area sub-divisional magistrate testifying that the change of religion was voluntary.

    'Will Son's Death Now Be Probed As Murder?' UP Muslim Man Embraces Hinduism With Family

    5 Men Arrested For Smuggling Gold Worth Rs. 57.5 Lakh At Delhi Airport

    5 Men Arrested For Smuggling Gold Worth Rs. 57.5 Lakh At Delhi Airport
    Three men were intercepted after their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Sharjah on Saturday.

    5 Men Arrested For Smuggling Gold Worth Rs. 57.5 Lakh At Delhi Airport

    Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's Morphed Video Goes Viral, Case Lodged

    Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's Morphed Video Goes Viral, Case Lodged
      The Cyber Cell of the Punjab Police has registered cases under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act after a morphed video of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh went viral on social media.

    Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's Morphed Video Goes Viral, Case Lodged

    'My Uncle Used It As Medicine': Navjot Singh Sidhu Wants Legalisation Of Opium - VIDEO

    'My Uncle Used It As Medicine': Navjot Singh Sidhu Wants Legalisation Of Opium - VIDEO
    Navjot Singh Sidhu has backed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Dharamvir Gandhi over the latter’s demand for legalisation of opium cultivation.

    'My Uncle Used It As Medicine': Navjot Singh Sidhu Wants Legalisation Of Opium - VIDEO