Ranchi, Feb. 27 -- BJP's State Spokesperson Ramakant Mahato has called the demolition of opium cultivation by bulldozers and tractors by the State Government as an eyewash and has tried to put the Hemant Government in the dock. Mahato has said that for the past five years, the Hemant Government has been cultivating opium on lakhs of acres of land in the border areas of the State and the district by forming Government-sponsored and protected gangs.
The money extorted from the rural areas through the gangs reaches the Chief Minister directly. From the Police Department to the entire Government machinery, all are involved in opium cultivation. BJP spokesperson Ramakant Mahato has also raised questions on the intelligence department working un...