Will end drug menace, provide 33% job quota for women in Mizoram, says BJP

BJP promises drug-free Mizoram, empowering women & upgrading border checkpoints. Will launch 'Operation Drug-Free Mizoram', constitute anti-drug task force, provide free education & jobs, revamp schools & colleges, introduce sports talent fund & seal borders to combat infiltration.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has promised a drug-free Mizoram, where addiction to narcotic substances has been a major worry for almost four decades now.

The party’s manifesto for the November 7 election to the Mizoram Assembly also focusses on empowering women who outnumber men by 25,956 as voters.

“We will launch the ‘Operation Drug-Free Mizoram’ to curb drug addiction among the youth across the State. We will also constitute a specialised anti-drug task force directly under the command of the Chief Minister,” BJP national president J.P. Nadda said, while releasing the party’s vision document in Aizawl on Friday.

Asserting that the party would form the government in Mizoram, he said all border checkpoints would be upgraded to help crack down on narcotics inflow into the State and a sophisticated drug de-addiction and rehabilitation centre would be established in each of the 11 districts.

Mizoram, bordering Myanmar, is a major conduit of drugs that find their way to Bangladesh and the rest of India. Some consignments are offloaded in the State for local consumption.

According to the State’s Excise and Narcotics Department, drugs have killed a total of 1,794 people since 1984 with 58 of them dying this year.

Mr. Nadda claimed the BJP prepares well-researched and practical vision document unlike other parties that come out with “mere pieces of paper”. He said the research, with the financial aspect factored in, helped the party focus on empowering women in Mizoram.