# Udhayanidhi rejects drug charge, says DMK set up EB-CID 2026-08-17T20:16:37+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday rejected allegations that the previous DMK government failed to curb the drug menace. He told the Assembly that then Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had merged the Narcotics Intelligence Bureau and the Prohibition Enforcement Department to form the Enforcement Bureau-CID (EB-CID) with the goal of a drug-free State. Speaking during a special calling-attention motion on the killing of students Amuthan and Dhanush, Udhayanidhi said the DMK created awareness and seized narcotics. He noted that even Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amal Raj, who earlier headed EB-CID, could confirm the data. He also pointed out that 15 policemen who received awards for drug control on Independence Day had worked under the DMK regime. Udhayanidhi said the Minister in charge of law and order, the Chief Minister, was not ready to respond to the issue. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: EB-CID, M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/udhayanidhi-rejects-drug-charge-says-dmk-set-up-eb-cid/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/udhayanidhi-rejects-drug-charge-says-dmk-set-up-eb-cid/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/