T.N. Assembly election: AIADMK will wipe out ganja from the State within three months of returning to power, says EPS

Within 3 months of returning to power, the AIADMK authorities volition eradicate ganja from the State, enactment wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami said connected Tuesday.

He was addressing an predetermination rally successful Sivakasi, seeking votes for 5 AIADMK candidates and 2 BJP candidates successful Virudhunagar district.

Mr. Palaniswami alleged that nary spot successful Tamil Nadu was escaped from narcotic drugs. “Ganja is disposable successful antithetic forms — specified arsenic chocolate, tablets, and liquid. The lives of the members of the public, including schoolhouse and assemblage students addicted to ganja, are being ruined,” helium said.

He added that helium had raised the contented of cause maltreatment successful the Assembly respective times. “Children are our future. We spot their lives being ruined, and to halt these evils, the AIADMK indispensable instrumentality to powerfulness successful Tamil Nadu,” helium said.

Reiterating his promise, Mr. Palaniswami said ganja income would beryllium eradicated wrong 3 months if the AIADMK returned to power. “The AIADMK authorities volition guarantee that ganja is not disposable anywhere,” helium said.

Without naming immoderate officers, the Leader of the Opposition criticised the police, saying that a Director-General of Police had announced aggregate anti-drug operations.

“However, helium retired without eradicating ganja. This is due to the fact that peddling was carried retired by supporters of the ruling party,” helium alleged.

‘Police failed miserably’

He further claimed that the constabulary had “miserably failed” to power the situation. “Even the constabulary person nary extortion against cause addicts. In fact, addicts adjacent battle constabulary personnel,” helium said.

Mr. Palaniswami described the State Assembly predetermination arsenic an accidental to enactment an extremity to specified issues. He besides alleged that intersexual assaults connected women and children were connected the emergence nether the DMK regime. Displaying a T-shirt that helium said was fixed to him by miss children successful Sivakasi, helium claimed it carried a connection expressing interest implicit their safety. “Only the AIADMK tin guarantee our safety. We bash not privation DMK regularisation immoderate more,” it read.

AIADMK candidates K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji (Sivakasi), M. Chandra Prabha (Srivilliputtur), S. Sethupathi (Aruppukottai), M.S.R. Rajavarman (Tiruchuli), and V.G. Ganesan (Virudhunagar), on with BJP campaigner Priscilla Pandian (Rajapalayam), were present.

Mr. Palaniswami besides campaigned successful Aruppukottai successful the district.