Spokesperson: Shri Lalji Desai: The Chief Organiser of the Congress Seva Dal, Lalji Desai, revealed that during the last 4 years from 2021 to 2024, drugs worth Rs. 16,000 crores had been seized in Gujarat. He said, the casual or conniving attitude of the government was evident from the fact that there had been no convictions in these cases.

He also exposed massive drug and liquor smuggling in Gujarat with due patronage of the state government, including the Home Minister, who is also the deputy Chief minister.

Shri Lalji Desai revealed that massive liquor smuggling was taking place in Gujarat, a state where prohibition is in force right since Independence. He said that large quantities of liquor were being smuggled in from Rajasthan and Maharashtra. He alleged that liquor smugglers were paying protection money to police to the tune of Rs. 45 lakhs per week.

He revealed that when Congress legislator Jignesh Mevani carried out ‘janta raids’ along with the public against the liquor smugglers and wanted to expose their nexus with the police, the Gujarat government sponsored protests by the families of the police personnel against Mevani. He said that the state Home Minister even assured support to the police telling them that they should not be bothered about the protests by anyone, including the Congress MLA.

The Seva Dal Chief Organiser also disclosed that maximum seizures of the drugs were made from the Mundra Port, which was operated by Adani Group. Tuesday, November 25, 2025.