‘Rahul statement exaggerated,but situation alarming’

The Dal Khalsa on Monday claimed that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhis statement that 70 per cent of the youth in Punjab were drug addicts was exaggerated,the situation,however,was alarming.

Written by: Express News Service

1 min readAmritsarApr 17, 2014 05:57 PM IST First published on: Oct 16, 2012 at 06:21 AM IST

The Dal Khalsa on Monday claimed that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement that 70 per cent of the youth in Punjab were drug addicts was exaggerated,the situation,however,was alarming.

“While the menace of drug abuse has threatened to consume the young generation,unfortunately,the Akalis and Congressmen are engaged in a war of words over the percentage of drug addicts… Punjab is in the octopus-like grip of different kind of alcohol and drug abuse. It is a sad irony that the gregarious Punjabi is today leaning on loneliness,misery and stress,” a statement said.

‘Rahul statement exaggerated,but situation alarming’

The Dal Khalsa on Monday claimed that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhis statement that 70 per cent of the youth in Punjab were drug addicts was exaggerated,the situation,however,was alarming.

The Dal Khalsa on Monday claimed that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhis statement that 70 per cent of the youth in Punjab were drug addicts was exaggerated,the situation,however,was alarming.