State government has declared war against drugs menace: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister, Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday asserted that the State government had launched a crackdown against drugs across the State and assured that adequate measures were being initiated to take control over the drugs menace.
Bommai addressed the issue when former minister KJ George asked question over spread of drugs in the State, Bommai replied adding that the state government had declared war against the drugs manace.
Bommai later informed the house that steps were being initiated to cap the spread of the drugs and amendments will be brought into the laws to make it stricter.
The Home Minister also informed that eight new CES Police Stations were made operational in Bengaluru in a bid to control drugs and cybercrime.
He also added that a statewide campaign will be launched next month to raise awareness about drugs abuse and ways of its prevention. He urged government officials, police personnel, teachers, parents and heads of educational institutions to co-operate in the campaign to help the government get rid of drug mafia.
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Hours after Kharge's snub, Bengal Cong chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sticks to his anti-Mamata stance
Kolkata, May 18: In a veiled reference to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he cannot speak in favour of someone who wants to finish him politically and his party in the state.
His comment comes hours after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that Chowdhury is no one to take a decision on whether Banerjee would be part of the INDIA bloc in the event of the anti-BJP alliance coming to power after the Lok Sabha polls.
Asked about Kharge’s statement, Chowdhury, who is seeking re-election from Baharampur on a Congress ticket, said, “I cannot speak in favour of someone who wants to finish me politically and our party in Bengal. This is a battle for every Congress worker. I have spoken on their behalf.”
Stating that his opposition to Banerjee stemmed from his principled stance, not from his interest, Chowdhury said “There is no personal grudge but I question her political ethics."
Asked about Mamata Banerjee's comment that she will support the INDIA bloc government from the outside and Chowdhury's remark that the Bengal CM cannot be trusted and she might go with the BJP, Kharge told reporters, "Mamata Banerjee is with the alliance. She has recently said that she will join the government. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary will not take the decision. The decision will be taken by me and the high command those who don't agree will go out."
Chowdhury also alleged that Banerjee had "taken Maoists' help to discredit the Left in Purulia, Bankura and Jhargram and then abandoned them.
“I don’t want the state Congress to be used for her personal agenda and then finish the organisation. If Kharge ji speaks against my views, I will continue to speak for Congressmen at the grassroots in the state.”
The TMC is contesting the Lok Sabha elections alone in the state, while the Congress and the Left are jointly fighting.
