Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said today the government would not hesitate to invoke the 'Goonda Act' against drug peddlers to crack down "mercilessly" on the drug menace and asserted that he would not allow the state to become "another Punjab."
Expressing surprise over recent findings that drugs were being supplied from Bengaluru to different places, he said it is a "big network."
Responding to a demand by opposition BJP members, including leaders B S Yeddyurappa and R Ashoka, for invoking the "Goonda Act" against those involved in drug peddling, he said "We will even slap the goonda act depending on the case, against drug peddlers, kingpins. We will not tolerate."
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