PNS|Vijayawada
TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Saturday submitted a letter to the Governor, Justice Nazir Ahmed, mentioning how the ganja is being smuggled into the State and how people are complaining during his ongoing Yuva Galam pada yatra.
Later talking to media persons, Lokesh said that “My concern is only that Andhra Pradesh should not become another Udta Punjab with drug menace.”
Stating that he has taken to the notice of the Governor on how drug abuse is rampant in the State, Lokesh said that he made an appeal to the Governor to intervene and initiate steps to check this menace. Wherever ganja is seized in the country the links are from Andhra Pradesh, he said.
Maintaining that the TDP has been organising “no ganja bro’ programmes on a large scale, Lokesh said that every crime reported in the State is linked to ganja abuse. Listing out various cases in which the youth fell victim to the drug addiction, Lokesh felt that the nation’s security is under threat with the drug mafia. Even the report of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has clearly mentioned that Andhra Pradesh is the worst-hit with drug abuse and ganja is freely available in the State, Lokesh pointed out.
It is really unfortunate that the Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is expected to conduct review meetings on this, is more engaged in making a film with the director, Ram Gopal Varma, he said.
The Director General of Police (DGP)’s silence on this is sending signals that the ruling party leaders are behind the mafia, Lokesh remarked.
