Mephedrone is narcotic, ban it: MLAs
By Kartik Lokhande Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), cutting across party lines, urged the Government to impose a ban on Mephedrone or MD that was flooding the markets as ‘legal alternative’ to narcotics. The demand cropped up during a discussion on law and order situation in the Assembly on Thursday. Vijay Wadettiwar, Deputy Leader of Congress, initiated the discussion under Rule 293. He accused the State Government of inept handling of rising number of crimes. He alleged that there were complaints against Director General of Police also. He urged the Chief Minister to create an atmosphere of confidence in people. Sunil Prabhu (Shiv Sena), Mangalprabhat Lodha (BJP), Varsha Gaikwad (Congress), Rajesh Tope (NCP), Shambhuraje Desai, Waris Pathan (MIM), Asif Sheikh, Abu Azmi, Vijay Kale, Sharad Sonawane, Ramesh Latke, Raj Purohit, Amin Patel, Manisha Chaudhary and others also participated in the discussion. During the discussion, Jitendra Awhad (NCP) produced a ...