In an interview to NDTV, Randeep Surjewala, General Secretary of the Congress, says "these drugs are now in the Indian market, there is no consigner, there is no consignee. They endanger our national security for this money is going to go back to Taliban and we don't know who else. They endanger the youth of this country. 25,000 kg of drugs can play havoc in the country. There is a bigger cartel operating in this country. Who are tarnishing the future of the youth? Can so much drugs come into the country without political patronage?"