Attacking the ruling DMK over the alleged drug menace in Tamil Nadu, BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday accused the party of doing a disservice to the younger generation by not curbing the import and supply of drugs.
Speaking at a public meeting in Chidambaram to canvass votes for BJP Lok Sabha candidate P. Karthiyayini, she said that the youth of the State had innate talent and potential to be employed in Global Capability Centres and the aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) facility at Sulur in Coimbatore. However, instead of making them employable, the DMK was ruining their lives with the import of drugs, she claimed.
Ms. Sitharaman charged the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government with mismanaging the economy, and said that it had left the country in dire straits. A number of scams took place in various sectors, and the country was pushed into the “fragile five” in the world. It was only after the BJP assumed office that Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the nation first and lifted the country from the “fragile five” to the ‘‘top five”, she said.
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