Srinagar, April 17 -- Handwara rose with a single voice on Friday as the Drug-Free India (Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan) campaign transformed into a powerful public assertion against the growing menace of addiction.

Scores converged at T-Junction Kargam, and what began as a march soon turned into a moving wave of resistance, flowing through Hospital Road, Main Chowk, and culminating at Degree College with one unambiguous message: Say No to Drugs.

At the center of this groundswell stood Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara, Sajad Gani Lone, who elevated the campaign beyond a routine government program into a deeply personal and societal reckoning. His words cut through rhetoric, rooted not in abstraction but in lived...