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Punjab Congress Leader Challenges BJP Over Anti-Drug Yatra
Vijay Inder Singla of the Congress criticized the BJP’s anti-drug march in Punjab.
He said the state needs real results instead of only campaigns and slogans.
Singla pointed to the BJP’s role in Punjab’s government from 2007 to 2017.
He also questioned why drug supply networks remain a problem after years of government action.
He said drones found near Punjab’s border increased sharply between 2023 and 2024.
The BJP began its Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra in Pathankot.
Singla asked the central government to explain what it has achieved against drone-based drug trafficking.
He demanded stronger security, quicker investigations and better help for people fighting addiction.
Congress leader Vijay Inder Singla criticized the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’.
Singla said Punjab needs accountability and measurable action rather than political yatras and slogans.
He cited the BJP’s participation in Punjab’s government from 2007 to 2017.
Singla said drones seized along Punjab’s international border rose from 107 in 2023 to 294 in 2024.
He called for stronger border security, action against trafficking networks, faster investigations and addiction rehabilitation.
- Who
- Punjab Congress leader Vijay Inder Singla criticized the BJP and the central government’s response to drug trafficking.
- What
- Singla challenged the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ and called for measurable anti-drug action.
- Where
- The statement was issued in Chandigarh, and the yatra began in Pathankot, Punjab.
- When
- Singla issued his statement on September 20; the yatra began on the preceding Friday.
- Why
- Singla argued that drug networks remain active despite years of government and central-agency efforts.
Congress Criticism
BJP Anti-Drug Campaign
Political campaign versus measurable action
Congress Criticism
Singla said Punjab does not need political yatras or slogans, but honest accountability and measurable results against drugs.
BJP Anti-Drug Campaign
The BJP launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ to campaign against drugs; the report does not include a BJP response to Singla’s allegations.
Responsibility for continuing drug networks
Congress Criticism
Singla said the BJP’s past role in Punjab’s government and the prolonged tenure of the central government require it to explain why major supply networks remain active.
BJP Anti-Drug Campaign
The BJP’s yatra presents anti-drug action as a current priority, while the article provides no detailed BJP account of its record or position on the cited data.
Key facts
- Congress leader
- Vijay Inder Singla
- BJP yatra
- ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’
- Yatra launch
- Pathankot, Punjab
- BJP state-government role
- Partner in Punjab’s government from 2007 to 2017
- Drones seized or recovered in Punjab
- 107 in 2023 and 294 in 2024; 292 were recovered in 2025 as well
- BSF jurisdiction expansion
- Punjab border jurisdiction expanded from 15 km to 50 km in 2021
- Measures sought
- Stronger border security, action against trafficking networks, time-bound investigations and rehabilitation
Quotes
Vijay Inder Singla
Punjab Congress leader and Congress Working Committee member
“The BJP was a partner in the Punjab government from 2007 to 2017, a decade during which the drug crisis emerged as one of Punjab’s most serious social challenges”
theprint.in
“The drug-trafficking cases and investigations that emerged from 2013 onwards exposed the scale and complexity of organised drug networks in the state”
theprint.in
Sources
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