Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday informed the House that individuals involved in drug-related cases will be treated equally and will be punished according to law irrespective of political parties, caste, creed and any others.
He was informing the House, clarifying the opinions made by the members of the House regarding the government resolution moved on the Assembly floor on Friday.
Opinions from both the opposition and treasury bench were made before taking the resolution.
Opposition leader O Ibobi Singh informed the House that the government needs to take stringent action against those who are arrested in connection with drug-related cases. He said if any culprits are on bail, then the ‘War on Drugs’ will be meaningless.
He further said the porous international boundary is also another factor for the increase of drug-related cases in the state, however the state government has been taking necessary steps under the War on Drugs.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh expressed gratitude to all the members of the House for supporting the War on Drugs campaign and for placing various opinions to strengthen the campaign in order to eradicate drugs from the state.
He said the state government has been taking necessary steps with legal procedure against those who were arrested in connection with drugs. At present around 300-400 cases are continuing at respective courts and among the arrested persons there are many drug kingpins.
To strengthen the ND&PS Act, the state government had formed an ordinance in December, 2020 and the proposal of the ordinance has been sent to the centre so that the ordinance could be tabled on the assembly floor as a bill, the CM said.
He said regarding the porous international boundary the government is pressing the central government to complete the fencing work.
He appealed to the elected members of the House to take more initiatives by collaborating with the locals or village chief while eradicating drugs from Manipur.
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