Drug trade flourishing under BJP says Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe

“We are talking about how drug peddlers are getting direct and indirect benefit because of their connection with the BJP” said Londhe

On Tuesday, reacting to the recent drug bust at Mundra port in Gujarat and the drug on the cruise fiasco the Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe alleged that drug trade has been flourishing under BJP’s patronage. While addressing the media in Nagpur, he said that a detailed investigation must be done as to why   witness in the drugs on the cruise case had visited Gujarat just before the raid conducted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

“Kiran Gosavi is a witness in the cruise drugs case, but he had visited Gujarat in a private car. This vehicle is registered in the name of one Ravindra Kadam, and we want an investigation into the identity of this person. We had sent some people to the address mentioned in the vehicle’s registration details, but did not find any Kadam residing there. More skeletons will tumble out of the cupboard if the connection between Kadam and NCB’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who carried out the raid on the cruise liner, is probed,” he said.

Commenting on the huge quantity of drugs that was seized from Mundra port Londhe raised questions on the investigation being taken over by the National Investigating Agency (NIA). He said “Initially, it was the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) which was looking into the case, but then the NIA took over. The NIA is under the home ministry and recently Amit Shah had said Gautam Adani (founder of Adani Group which owns Mundra port) is his friend.”

He further added, “We are doing this because we see a larger interest. The drugs which have already entered our country are a threat to the young generation and this needs to be stopped. We are talking about how drug peddlers are getting direct and indirect benefit because of their connection with the BJP.”