Uproar over Rahul's drug problem remark

A day after former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala created controversy through his remark over rape against girls, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday started another row by saying seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs.

He made this statement while targeting Pajab government during his address to a rally of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) at Panjab University campus here.

"What is happening to human resource in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs," Gandhi said.

He also claimed that the government in Punjab was not giving unemployment allowance to the young people. "We send scholarship money for SC, ST (Scheduled Castes/Tribes) categories. It is not utilized here (in Punjab) and is sent back."

Gandhi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance it leads were opposing the Congress policies without any basis.

Earlier, he said, "Our government brought FDI. Its meaning is giving the farmer his rightful share. When the BJP and NDA government were in Delhi, they were not opposed to FDI. We did it, they are opposing it. We gave MGNREGA (rural employment scheme) and land acquisition bill, they have opposed it too."

"They want to stop work. Ask them what you want to do, they will not reply. Whatever Congress wants to do, they want to stop. Because they know that if they let us work, we will change this country. But we will not stop. We have the power of the youth and the future," he added.

Gandhi met senior Congress leaders at the Punjab state Congress headquarters here to get a feedback on the party's situation in the state.

Uproar over Rahul's drug problem remark

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