The AIADMK on Tuesday conducted a State-wide human chain agitation against the drug menace in Tamil Nadu.
Party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami led the agitation in Chennai. Addressing reporters, he referred to the recent seizures of drugs by the Narcotics Control Bureau and said all these operations had been carried out by Central authorities, and it was regrettable that the State police officers remained like Kumbhakarna, a character in the epic Ramayana, known as the sleeping demon.
Mr. Palaniswami called for a thorough probe into the matter in view of continuing reports that there were links between Jaffer Sadiq, who has been arrested in connection with a drug racket case, and the family of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The Chief Minister and his son, Youth Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin should admit to moral responsibility in this, and quit their posts, Mr Palaniswami added.
