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PM Modi uses Mann Ki Baat to push drug-free youth
The Indian Express··30 Aug
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the 137th Mann Ki Baat broadcast to call for a drug-free India and a stronger youth future. He highlighted the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat campaign. Addiction hurts families and society, not only one person, he said. Modi also flagged a website on Bharat's historical rulers built by Mumbai's Krishna Sheshadri.
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What It Means For You
- Youth groups in Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat heard a direct push in episode 137.
- Families dealing with addiction were named as part of the social cost Modi described.
- Listeners can visit the historical rulers website he credited to Krishna Sheshadri.
What's Happening
- Modi said the campaign aims at drug-free youth and a drug-free India.
- He said many people, especially youth, have joined the effort.
- He asked the audience to recognise those who help people facing addiction.
Where Listeners Can Engage
- Mann Ki Baat is Modi's periodic radio and digital address; this was episode 137.
- The anti-drug message sat beside a note on a civic history website.
- The Indian Express reported the remarks as a call for a stronger youth future.
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