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Bajwa Urges BJP and AAP Answer for Punjab’s Drug Crisis
Partap Singh Bajwa said Punjab has a serious drug problem.
He blamed both the central government and Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government for not doing enough.
He asked what the Border Security Force’s larger operating area had achieved since 2021.
He also asked how many drones and drug networks had been stopped.
Bajwa said drugs may enter through borders, other states, ports and financial networks.
He said the Punjab government must improve policing and help people recover from addiction.
He also raised concerns about gangsters running networks from prisons outside Punjab.
Bajwa said rallies and slogans are not enough and that both governments must deliver results.
Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said the BJP-led Centre and AAP government must accept responsibility for tackling Punjab’s narcotics supply chain.
Bajwa questioned the impact of expanding the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km in 2021.
He asked how many drug-carrying drones, trafficking networks, handlers and financiers had been intercepted or prosecuted.
Bajwa said the Punjab government remains responsible for policing, local intelligence, action against peddlers and rehabilitation.
He said political yatras, rallies and slogans would not solve Punjab’s drug crisis and demanded measurable results.
- Who
- Congress leader and Punjab Opposition leader Partap Singh Bajwa; the BJP-led Union government and Punjab’s AAP government.
- What
- Bajwa demanded accountability from both governments over Punjab’s drug crisis and the narcotics supply chain.
- Where
- Punjab, including Jalandhar and the Punjab-Pakistan border.
- When
- On Wednesday, September 30, following Amit Shah’s visit to Jalandhar.
- Why
- Bajwa said continued reports of cross-border smuggling and wider trafficking networks showed that stronger, measurable action was needed.
Central responsibility
Punjab responsibility
Who must disrupt the supply chain?
Central responsibility
Bajwa said the Union government must explain what its expanded Border Security Force jurisdiction has achieved and take responsibility for border security, cross-border networks and wider trafficking channels.
Punjab responsibility
Bajwa said the Punjab government cannot shift all blame to the Centre and must handle policing, local intelligence, peddlers, rehabilitation and community protection.
Political messaging versus results
Central responsibility
Bajwa said the BJP cannot solve the crisis through the “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra,” rallies or slogans and must provide measurable results.
Punjab responsibility
Bajwa likewise said the AAP government cannot escape responsibility by blaming the Centre; no direct response from either government was reported.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Partap Singh Bajwa, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly
- Event
- Amit Shah’s visit to Jalandhar at the culmination of the BJP’s 13-day “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra”
- BSF jurisdiction
- Expanded from 15 km to 50 km in 2021
- Central responsibilities raised
- Border security, action against cross-border networks, and trafficking through other states, ports and financial channels
- Punjab government responsibilities
- Policing, local intelligence, action against peddlers, rehabilitation and protection of vulnerable communities
- Additional concern
- Bajwa said gangsters in prisons outside Punjab were operating criminal networks affecting Punjabis
Quotes
Partap Singh Bajwa
Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly
“Gangsters lodged in jails in BJP-ruled states cannot be allowed to threaten, extort and terrorise Punjabis through networks operating outside prison. The Centre and the state governments concerned must explain what action is being taken to stop this.”
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“Amit Shah and (Chief Minister) Bhagwant Mann must answer: who is bringing the drugs, who is financing them, who is protecting the networks and why has the entire supply chain still not been dismantled?”
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