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Punjab singled out on drugs, Mann tells Centre
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accuses the BJP-led Centre of defaming Punjabis while drugs flow freely in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
In brief
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accuses the BJP-led Centre of defaming Punjabis while drugs flow freely in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Punjab Chief Minister Mann accused the Centre of singling out Punjab on drug issues while ignoring the problem in other states, as the BJP blamed his AAP government for the…
Mann accuses Centre of singling out Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on October sixteen, twenty twenty-six that while drugs were being sold rampantly in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, Punjab was being singled out and Punjabis were being defamed.
“Punjab was being singled out and 'Punjabis' were being defamed”
BJP blames AAP for drug crisis
The Bharatiya Janata Party blamed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for the prevailing drug menace, gangsterism, corruption and deteriorating law and order in Punjab.
Mann calls for Centre action on borders

Mann asked the Centre to stop the flow of drugs across the international border and from Gujarat instead of maligning Punjab.
Drugs a grave social menace, Mann says
Mann said the Yudh Nashean Virudh initiative had evolved into a mass movement. He called drugs not merely a law and order challenge but a grave social menace threatening the dreams, aspirations and lives of…
“Drugs are not merely a law-and-order challenge but a grave social menace”
Anti-drug crusader killing to be investigated
Referring to the killing of anti-drug crusader Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa, Mann said the matter would be dealt with firmly.
BJP calls for double-engine government
The Punjab BJP State executive committee met in Sangrur under State president Kewal Singh Dhillon.
The key point
Punjab Chief Minister Mann accused the Centre of singling out Punjab on drug issues while ignoring the problem in other states, as the BJP blamed his AAP government for the crisis.



