BJP seeks white paper on drug situation in Punjab, calls CM Mann a master of false promises
BJP seeks white paper on drug situation in Punjab, calls CM Mann a master of false promises
Chandigarh
BJP on Wednesday demanded while paper from the AAP-led Punjab government on the drug menace and labeled Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a ‘master of false promises’.
BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill made these allegations in a statement.
Shergill said Mann’s promise of making Punjab drug-free by 15 August 2024 is just a hollow claim.
“Mann before coming to power had promised that “Hamari sarkar aayegi, 3 mahine mein hum nasha khatam kar denge. (Our government will come, we will end drug menace within 3 months).
The curse of drugs in Punjab has now acquired alarming proportions,” Shergill said.
He stated that Mann will soon complete one and a half years in office. But he still needs one more year to eradicate the drug menace despite promising to end it in 3 months.
“I would like to ask Mann what his government was doing till now. CM has nothing but to say, ‘Blueprint for a crusade against drugs is ready’.
The Mann government’s blame game politics and indifferent attitude are fueling the fire of drug addiction and trafficking,” he added.
Shergill rued that during Mann-led government tenure, more than 200 drug overdose deaths had been reported in the media.
The situation has become so grim that almost every second day, there are news reports of ‘drug overdose’ deaths in the state.
He questioned the AAP government as to ‘Where is the promised Badlaav (Change) by the AAP Govt’.
Notably, the Apex Court had pulled up the Punjab government for failure to tackle drug trafficking on 6 December 2022.
On 11 August 2023, the Punjab and Haryana HC too expressed concern on the rise in drug trafficking and consumption.
In fact, Punjab Governor had said drugs have made inroads in schools too and it is easily available in all villages.
