INDIA-ELECTION-DRUGS

This photograph taken on June 15, 2016, shows young Indian drug addicts using heroin in an abandoned building in Jalandhar. Opium addict Rajendar usually has to beg, steal or borrow to get his fix but at election season in India's Punjab province, a packet is delivered to his home in a bid to win his vote. Rajender, a farm labourer who is married with two children, is one of tens of thousands of addicts in Punjab who have earned the northern state an unwelcome reputation as India's drugs capital. While inducing voters with household appliances, alcohol or cash is widespread in some parts, electoral officials say candidates in Punjab try to woo addicts with free drugs. Punjab is one of five states holding elections in the next few weeks, with the first round beginning on February 4. / AFP / SHAMMI MEHRA (Photo credit should read SHAMMI MEHRA/AFP via Getty Images)
This photograph taken on June 15, 2016, shows young Indian drug addicts using heroin in an abandoned building in Jalandhar. Opium addict Rajendar usually has to beg, steal or borrow to get his fix but at election season in India's Punjab province, a packet is delivered to his home in a bid to win his vote. Rajender, a farm labourer who is married with two children, is one of tens of thousands of addicts in Punjab who have earned the northern state an unwelcome reputation as India's drugs capital. While inducing voters with household appliances, alcohol or cash is widespread in some parts, electoral officials say candidates in Punjab try to woo addicts with free drugs. Punjab is one of five states holding elections in the next few weeks, with the first round beginning on February 4. / AFP / SHAMMI MEHRA (Photo credit should read SHAMMI MEHRA/AFP via Getty Images)
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