CM Amarinder Singh said Pakistan is trying to demolish the youth along the border, which will affect enrolment in the Army. (File)
Pakistan was trying to destroy India's youth, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Saturday, alleging that the neighbouring country was flooding the state with drugs to force drop their enrolment in the Indian Army.
Addressing the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Singh joined the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra in addressing the burning issues in their states.
“We have had an influx of drugs, which has started to grow in recent years. It is at a critical point and we have cracked down hard on this. Pakistan has a long-term plan of destroying our youth. They are trying to demolish the youth along the border,” Singh said.
He said if young men along India's borders are not fit, it will affect enrolment in the Army.
The Punjab chief minister pointed to recent seizures of hundreds of kilograms of heroin at Gujarat's Mandvi port and in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. In both these cases, Singh said, the intended destination of the narcotic substances was Punjab.
He said the state and central agencies have identified a few big illegal drug operators and…
