Hyderabad, Sept. 21 -- union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday called upon the nation to unite in the fight against drugs, stressing that a "drug-free youth" is essential for India's development and for realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of making India the world's leading nation by 2047.

He was speaking at the 3K Run organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at Nacklace road in Hyderabad, as part of Prime Minister Modi's 75th birthday celebrations. Thousands of young men and women participated in the run, which carried the theme of building a "drug-free and destruction-free India.""Our country has the largest youth population in the world, and that is our greatest strength. If we protect our youth fr...