India, June 29 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that the biggest challenge before Punjab is the growing menace of drugs, which has destroyed countless families and left many mothers grieving the loss of their children.

"The youth, who are the nation's greatest strength, are increasingly falling prey to substance abuse. The day a BJP government is formed in Punjab, drug traffickers will be compelled to leave the state," Saini said addressing the state-level conference organised by the Dhanak community in Ludhiana on the occasion of the 628 birth anniversary of Sant Kabir on Sunday.

On this occasion, Saini also announced a Rs.11 lakh grant for the construction of Sant Kabir Bhawan in Ludhiana.

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