Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday alleged that Pakistan was "pushing" drugs through Indian borders to destroy the youth in the northern states as he called for a national policy to tackle the menace. He also expressed concern over the erosion of the states powers, leading to a weakening of the Centre-state relations in the federal structure. Participating at the HT Leadership Summit, the Punjab chief minister alleged that drugs were being sent to Amritsar from Gujarat, even though they could fetch better prices in Delhi and Mumbai.

The motive was to destroy the youth and starve the Indian Army of manpower in the long run, he said, pointing out that two-thirds of the Army's recruits were from the northern belt. If you don't have healthy youth, where will you get jawans from,¿ he said, adding that his government was going all out to solve the drug problem, which was at a critical point.