Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday emphasised the importance of a drug-free India while participating in the 'Namo Yuva Run' initiative in Kolkata.

Speaking to ANI, Majumdar said, "The main objective of this marathon is addiction-free India. We have one of the most youthful populations in the world, and this run was organised so that this population is not in the grip of addiction... Thousands of people in Kolkata participated in it... I call on the youth to root out addiction from society."

'Namo Yuva Run' is a flagship campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), under which 100 simultaneous runs across the country, each engaging a minimum of 10,000 young participants, are being organised under the ...