Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Punjab Congress Chief Questions Mann Over Drug Deaths
Punjab is still reporting deaths linked to drugs.
Congress leader Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to explain what is happening.
The government had said the drug supply network would be dismantled by May 31, 2025.
Warring asked why deaths were still being reported if that promise had been fulfilled.
He referred to reports of seven deaths in 10 days in four Punjab districts.
He also asked whether officials found where the drugs came from.
Another question concerned whether senior police officers had been held responsible.
Finally, he asked when the people at the top of the drug trade would be arrested.
Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann four questions about Punjab’s drug crisis.
Warring questioned how drug-related deaths could continue after the government said the supply network was dismantled by May 31, 2025.
He cited reports of seven deaths within 10 days across Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka and Ferozepur.
Warring asked whether authorities had identified the drug sources and what action had followed the deaths.
He also sought details on police accountability and arrests of alleged major drug-trade operators.
- Who
- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring questioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
- What
- Warring asked four questions about reported drug deaths, the drug supply chain and police accountability.
- When
- The article refers to a government deadline of May 31, 2025, and reports seven deaths within 10 days, but does not specify the date of Warring’s statement.
- Where
- Punjab, including Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka and Ferozepur.
- Why
- Warring sought explanations for continuing drug deaths and answers about enforcement, police responsibility and action against major drug-trade operators.
Congress criticism
Government claim under scrutiny
Whether the supply network was dismantled
Congress criticism
Warring argued that continuing drug-related deaths raise questions about the government’s earlier claim that the supply network had been dismantled.
Government claim under scrutiny
The government had announced that the drug supply network would be dismantled by May 31, 2025; the article does not provide a response from the government to Warring’s questions.
Police accountability
Congress criticism
Warring asked whether commissioners of police and senior superintendents of police had been held responsible for the continuing drug situation in their areas.
Government claim under scrutiny
The article says the government had previously promised to fix responsibility on senior police officers, but does not state whether consequences followed.
Action against drug-trade leaders
Congress criticism
Warring demanded to know the current status of the pledge to eliminate the supply chain and when the alleged major operators would be arrested and jailed.
Government claim under scrutiny
The government’s position on the timing of arrests and the status of the pledge is not provided in the article.
- Questioner
- Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, president of the Punjab Congress
- Chief minister questioned
- Bhagwant Mann
- Government deadline
- May 31, 2025, for dismantling the drug supply network
- Reported deaths
- Seven people reportedly died within 10 days
- Districts mentioned
- Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka and Ferozepur
- Accountability issue
- Warring asked whether commissioners of police and senior superintendents of police had faced consequences
- Unresolved demand
- Warring asked when alleged major operators behind the drug trade would be arrested and jailed