Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said not only the youth of Haryana and Punjab, but young people across the country need to be kept away from drug addiction to realise the dream of a Viksit Bharat. He said that while the Haryana Government, with strong determination, is successfully moving forward towards achieving this goal by regularly engaging youth through Raahgiri, Cyclothon and marathon events, the Punjab Government has neither been able to curb drug abuse nor succeeded in providing employment to the youth.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini made these remarks while addressing a programme organised in Kotkapura, Punjab, on the occasion of the nationwide launch of the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’. Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi virtually launched the 100-week nationwide Nasha Mukt Yuva campaign and addressed more than one crore youth participating in programmes organised at 28,000 locations across the country.
Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said the Haryana Government has undertaken a drug-free campaign and helped bring youth out of the vicious cycle of drug abuse, whereas drug abuse has increased over time in Punjab. He said the youth in Punjab are not getting employment, which has adversely affected their condition, and the younger generation is increasingly getting trapped in the quagmire of drug abuse. He said the present Aam Aadmi Party government and the previous Congress governments in Punjab made tall promises for the youth and farmers, but after coming to power, they never showed any interest in fulfilling them.
The Chief Minister said that after the BJP government is formed in Punjab in the upcoming Assembly elections, welfare schemes for youth and farmers will be implemented there as well, on the lines of Haryana. In Haryana, the Government is procuring all 24 crops from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP), while the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana has been implemented for fruits and vegetables. Under this scheme, if these crops are sold in the market at a lower price, the Government compensates farmers for the difference. On similar lines, farmers in Punjab will also benefit from these schemes after the formation of a BJP government in the state.