T.N.’s deep-rooted drug trade spreads with the blessings of people in power: Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi vows to eradicate drug trade in Tamil Nadu, urges support for BJP to save children.

BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed the drug trade had become entrenched in Tamil Nadu and was spreading with the blessings of those in power.

At a Lok Sabha election meeting in Agasthiyarpatti, near Ambasamudram, he said the BJP would save the youngsters from Tamil Nadu’s “deep-rooted and menacingly spreading drug trade.”

“I and the BJP are here to save your children from this menace as we will not be mute spectators. I appeal to the voters of Tamil Nadu to back the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates to uproot the drug menace and save your children,” he said.

Mr. Modi reiterated the charge that “family-run parties” of the DMK and the Congress, which according to him were only interested in corruption and not worried about the future of the State. The drug trade, which had become a major threat to Tamil Nadu, especially to youngsters, was spreading menacingly as it enjoyed the blessings of the people in power.

“But I will not be a mute spectator to this threat...I and the BJP will fight it out to uproot the drug trade in Tamil Nadu besides battling the corruption of the DMK and the Congress. I will save your children from drug abuse,” Mr. Modi promised.

While thanking the Tamil people for backing overwhelmingly the BJP and the NDA, he said the wholehearted support the national party was enjoying in Tamil Nadu now had given sleepless nights to the Congress and the DMK, which were doing everything possible to thwart the election campaign of the BJP.

“But, they can never harm your election work as I am with you and none can stop you,” said Mr. Modi, in an apparent reference to the registration of a case against BJP state president K. Annamalai and 300 others of poll code violation in Coimbatore, on Sunday night.