New Delhi: Taking a dig at ruling DMK over the “drug menace” in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said over the past few days, most of the drug rackets busted or the consignments seized can be traced back to the southern state.
Addressing BJP workers from Tamil Nadu via the NaMo App on Friday, PM Modi, as quoted by ANI, said, “Drugs will ruin the lives of our children and our families. All the drug caches that have been seized in the past few days, somewhere or the other, it can be linked to Tamil Nadu. This is a matter of great concern and hence all of you must inform the people that we have to save our families, our children, and our future generations. BJP is enough to fight against the drug menace in Tamil Nadu.”
PM Modi’s remarks came close on the heels of the arrest of former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq after the NCB busted an international drug trafficking network worth over Rs 2000 crore.
Accusing the MK Stalin-led party of “depriving” the people of Tamil Nadu of the central welfare schemes, PM Modi said, “Political parties like the DMK fear the welfare schemes of the Modi government, and hence they do not let the benefits of these schemes reach the people. Besides, they paste the stickers of their schemes on all the schemes of the Centre. It is the duty of all the BJP workers to make the people aware of the schemes and their benefits. This, in turn, will instill confidence in the people of Tamil Nadu.”
Talking about the government's focus on women-led development, PM Modi sought to know the schemes that have been most preferred by the women.
“You are already aware that BJP is working towards a model of women-led development. Our commitment is to make India the third largest economy in the world and women will play a key role in it. I am happy that women workers of the BJP are working hard in Tamil Nadu,” he said.