Congress today demanded a white paper on the drug abuse among youth in Haryana, charging the Manohar Lal Khattar government with "failing utterly" in creating jobs and thereby, pushing youngsters into trap due to its "mal-governance and incompetence".
"Mal-governance and incompetence of BJP government has pushed the youth of Haryana in the dangerous web of drug abuse.
"... Khattar government should issue a white paper bringing out the actual position of Haryana's youth, who have been pushed into drug abuse," chief spokesperson of Congress, Randeep Singh Surjewala, said in a statement.
In the wake of reports of consumption of performance enhancing drugs claiming lives of three police job aspirants in the state, the Congress party asked the state government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and decide strategy in this regard and pitched for taking action against drug mafia concerned.
Expressing concerns over drug consumption shadowing on-going police recruitment in the state, Surjewala said the Narendra Modi government at Centre and the Khattar dispensation have "utterly failed" in providing avenues of employment or jobs to the young.
"Not only this (the deaths), 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," he charged.
He further claimed that the state government has not given job to even a single youth during its 18-month tenure.
Surjewala also accused the Khattar government of becoming "willing accomplice" to transfer of an automobile company from the state to Gujarat and thereby, "shortening the dreams of opportunities and employment for youth of Haryana".
To tackle this challenge, Surjewala insisted that the government take action against the drug mafia, their numbers and details must also form the part of the white paper.
He also demanded the government to form a special task force headed by a DGP/ADGP-rank officer and asked the Chief Minister to take personal responsibility for monitoring and action by this Task Force.
"Until youth of Haryana get employment as per steps listed above, BJP must provide them unemployment allowance of Rs 9,000 per month as per their election manifesto.
"BJP government must open drug and intoxicant abuse prevention centres across the State of Haryana and provide them with necessary infrastructure including free meditation, doctors, psychologists and specialised staff," he said.
