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In Rajasthan, use of o***m-based narcotics for welcoming guests on special occasions like marriage and child birth are but part of the local tradition.

However, with campaigning for the Assembly polls in full swing, narcotics have become indispensable for politicians and their campaign managers to lure voters.

Choice of drugs offered by various political parties varies from region to region but the aim is to draw people and solicit their support.

Campaign managers and party candidates agree that the phenomenon is not alien to the local culture and no different from the procedure followed in previous polls.

In Sekhawat region of the state, campaigners of a national party candidate were seen handing out Marijuana-filled smoking pots to village elders and youths alike while they wait for the candidate to arrive to the designated campaign site.

"If we do not offer such things, they will all go home and our efforts to gather them here will go to waste," said Chak Mithai village panchayat member Lakhan Singh.

Singh and his party colleagues said they had procured three-kilo Ganja to last through the poll campaign.

Their close political rival had offered '*Gutkha' pouches to lure ladies, youths and elders to their campaign meets in the same village.

*a preparation of crushed betel nut, tobacco, catechu, lime and sweet or savory flavorings

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