Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is committed to replicate its legacy of good governance model in different states to dismantle the narcotic trade chain in Punjab within two years.
Addressing a public gathering at Maiser Khana village after paying obeisance at the Takht Damdama Sahib located in Talwandi Sabo, Chouhan said that the BJP-led governments at the Centre and states have shown that development is possible after curbing the law and order situation with political commitment.
I had given the state police a task to wipe out the violent groups and it was accomplished within six months. Uttar Pradesh is another example where Yogi Adityanath dismantled the organised crime syndicate. “I served as Madhya Pradesh chief minister for 17 years and made the state free from the notorious clutches of dacoits within six months.
After flagging off the fourth and last of the BJP’s statewide anti-drug campaign ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, Chouhan said the problem of drug availability continues to hurt Punjab because the Bhagwant Mann government has “failed to act”. He charged the Punjab political dispensation with patronising drug trafficking, adding that it was evident because the Aam Aadmi Party leadership “failed” to keep its pre-poll promise of curbing narcotics. Unfortunately, the AAP government failed to do so in Punjab as it lacked seriousness to combat the issues which have hit the younger generation,” said the veteran BJP leader. He claimed that the support for the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ indicates that Punjabis “want to get rid of the AAP government because it failed to provide reprieve to the state from narcotics”. I reiterate Union Home minister Amit Shah’s earlier announcement that drug trafficking will be handled with an iron hand and completely controlled within two years after assuming power in Punjab,” said the minister. “If the BJP forms the government in Punjab, stringent action would be taken against all the drug offenders,” Saini said.
“The BJP-led Union government completely controlled Naxalism before the deadline set for March this year that had gripped several states for decades. Fazilka: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday accused the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab of not fulfilling the promises it made to the people, including eradicating the drug problem, which he claimed increased sharply under the AAP rule.
