Says Drug Menace is ‘Most Vicious Threat’ to society that had long outpaced State’s response
JK News Today
Srinagar, April 15: Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday extended his strong support to the Nasha Mukth Abhiyan, calling it “such an important step” while warning that the drug menace has emerged as the most vicious threat confronting Kashmiri society today.
Lone, who previously served as Social Welfare Minister, drew on his direct experience in office to underscore the gravity of the crisis. “I have been a SOCIAL WELFARE Minister in the past. And it was scary,” he said. “I remember, the scourge of drugs was dangerously creeping in and we as government were totally unprepared.”
Thanking LG Manoj Sinha for initiating the campaign, he issued an unsparing assessment of the challenge ahead. “There is so much that needs to be done,” he said, stressing that the problem had long outpaced the state’s response.
Moreover, PC President called on society to confront the crisis with unflinching honesty. “We as a society have to acknowledge that the monster of drugs staring at our faces is real,” Lone said. “And that we have to collectively wage a war against it.”
