<p>Congress on Tuesday demanded a special debate on the issue of drugs in the upcoming session of the legislature. </p>.<p>“The drug menace must be contained. Otherwise, Karnataka will become another Udta Punjab,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president Eshwar Khandre told reporters. He also demanded the formation of a special team to crackdown on drugs. The Congress leader charged that the drug mafia ran amok in Bengaluru where “rave parties” continue unabated. “The government should strengthen the law to tackle drugs. Those involved in the drugs business must be imprisoned for life,” Khandre said. </p>.<p>The party also targeted the ruling BJP by sharing photographs of Revenue Minister R Ashoka with a person accused in the drug racket.</p>.<p>“These pictures of R Ashoka with the drug racket kingpin Rahul show that they were not accidental meetings, but there could be more to their relationship,” the Congress said in a tweet. “BJP leaders, who accuse people from other parties to cover-up their scams, must be subjected to inquiry first,” it said.</p>.<p>On Monday, Ashoka said that he had nothing to do with the drug racket accused Rahul. He said he was photographed with Rahul at a function he attended in his Padmanabhanagar constituency. </p>
<p>Congress on Tuesday demanded a special debate on the issue of drugs in the upcoming session of the legislature. </p>.<p>“The drug menace must be contained. Otherwise, Karnataka will become another Udta Punjab,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president Eshwar Khandre told reporters. He also demanded the formation of a special team to crackdown on drugs. The Congress leader charged that the drug mafia ran amok in Bengaluru where “rave parties” continue unabated. “The government should strengthen the law to tackle drugs. Those involved in the drugs business must be imprisoned for life,” Khandre said. </p>.<p>The party also targeted the ruling BJP by sharing photographs of Revenue Minister R Ashoka with a person accused in the drug racket.</p>.<p>“These pictures of R Ashoka with the drug racket kingpin Rahul show that they were not accidental meetings, but there could be more to their relationship,” the Congress said in a tweet. “BJP leaders, who accuse people from other parties to cover-up their scams, must be subjected to inquiry first,” it said.</p>.<p>On Monday, Ashoka said that he had nothing to do with the drug racket accused Rahul. He said he was photographed with Rahul at a function he attended in his Padmanabhanagar constituency. </p>
