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Srinagar: The Deputy Chief Minister of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir Surinder Choudhary on Saturday said that the increase in drug abuse in the valley is the biggest issue facing the Union Territory, stating that it is “killing our race.”
Speaking with reporters Surinder Choudhary urged J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to direct the police to take stronger action against drug trafficking.
He stressed the need to raise awareness against drug abuse and called on the Director General of Police (DGP) to take the lead in combating drug abuse. It is killing our race. It (drugs) has started to reach our homes. I want to request LG (Manoj Sinha) to tighten police and Director General (DG) to raise awareness on this in public forums.”
He also said that in our first Cabinet meeting, we fulfilled the promise made by Omar Abdullah’s government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister (Amit Shah) have assured that J&K’s land and employment will not be given to outsiders, and it will be declared a special state.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) MLA Ahsan Pardesi has introduced a Private Member Bill in the J&K Assembly seeking to ban the sale and consumption of liquor in Kashmir and other Muslim-majority regions of the Union Territory.
He had told media, “A few days back, I submitted a Private Member Bill in the Assembly, regarding the prohibition of sale and consumption of liquor in Kashmir. It is a common demand that liquor should be banned in Kashmir.”
