The Congress on Saturday alleged that mal-governance and incompetence of the BJP Government has pushed the youth of Haryana in the dangerous web of drug abuse.
“The Narendra Modi Government at the Centre and the Manohar lal Khattar Government in Haryana have utterly failed in providing avenues of employment or jobs to the young. Agriculture as also trade and business, the two biggest employment generators, have borne the maximum burnt of failed policies of the BJP Government. There is all round gloom and disappointment among the youth, more so, Haryana’s youth with no ray of hope from any quarter,” alleged Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.
He said that the ongoing police recruitment in Kurukshetra and terribly shocking events of drug abuse have proved that youth of Haryana are being pushed into intoxicant abuse by a cartel of drug mafia.
Nearly five-and-a-half lakh youth in Haryana applied for recruitment in police. Deeply saddening is the fact that three youth have already lost their lives in painful circumstances and nearly 397 young persons are under treatment in government hospital. Not only this, thousands are being treated in private hospitals and by private doctors. This proves beyond doubt that the drug trade and drug mafia rules the roost in Haryana under active protection while Khattar government refuses to wake up from its slumber, said Surjewala.
He further said that widespread spurt in crime in Haryana is a consequence thereof. In last 18 months of Khattar government, not a single youth of Haryana has been given employment while nearly 25,000 young people including guest teachers/computer teachers/daily wage employees have lost their livelihood.