Mumbai: Congress member Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday alleged that the government of India was using drugs as a tool to “blindside” the youth of the country.
Speaking at a press conference at the Mumbai Congress’ office, Kumar said drugs were being caught at several ports of the country, but the “grave question” for the youth and the country was about the large consignments that managed to get through undetected.
“There are several tools to blind side the youth and one of them is drugs. The youth are being trapped in drug addiction and are being forced into a state of delirium so that they don’t know what is being done to them, their community, their past, their future, and their entire country,” Kumar alleged.
In his first visit to the metropolis since being appointed in-charge of the NSUI, the party’s student wing, Kumar slammed Narendra Modi’s ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ slogan and questioned why thousands of people were being ignored and kept away from their rights in the redevelopment process of Dharavi.
Kumar said that Modi was launching a special app for students at a time when the issue of unemployment was critical.
“Instead of making such announcements, he needs to fulfil his old promise of two crore jobs every year. In in his 9-year tenure, where are the 18 crore jobs? Not even 10 per cent of India’s total budget is spent on education.
It is clear the government wants to privatize education,” he claimed.
“The common people cannot afford it. People spend their whole lives earning for children’s school fees, uniforms, textbooks, and other things. With this on one side, students are under a lot of stress due to unemployment. On an average, a student commits suicide every hour in the country today,” Kumar claimed.
