Punjab is suffering from severe drugs menace but state Chief Minister seems more concerned about distracting focus of media and public discourse against drugs.
Punjab Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa yesterday visited Bargari village to meet Bhai Dhian Singh Mand and other Sikh leaders and activists who are staging a protest sit-in since June 1.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Sunam, Aman Arora on Saturday appealed Punjab chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh to make the names of drug dealers public who according to him were active in drug trade in state and have now fled to foreign countries.
The Punjab Police Vigilance Bureau has issued a look-out notice for former Moga SSP Raj Jit Singh in view of media reports indicating that he may flee the country.
Punjab government was facing severe criticism from opposition parties and the media for appointing an allegedly tainted cop Kamaljit Singh Dhillon as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) at Moga.
Giving a clarion call to make Punjab drug-free state, the march against drug menace organized by Dal Khalsa and supported by a dozen village panchayat’s termed the drug suppliers as enemies of society.
As the awareness move against drugs is spreading across the state, fresh evidence is emerging against Punjab police's widespread involvement in drugs abuse and trade.
In an attempt to nip the drug menace in the bud, the Dal Khalsa urged the members of panchayat of every village to pass a resolution for social boycott of those political persons who were involved in the distribution of drugs during elections to woo voters beside those who are into drug trade.
Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh today held a meeting with a group of social media campaigners and organizers of "Black Week Against Chitta".
It seems that widespread criticism over government failure to curb illicit drugs trade in Punjab has some impact on Punjab CM.
Punjab cabinet held a special meeting yesterday to discuss measures to be taken to curb the drugs menace in state.
The state seems gripped in deadly clinches of drugs amidst government failure to curb the menace. A 23 years old youth died in Bathinda yesterday.
Chandigarh: Facing severe criticism over inaction against drugs menace in state, the Punjab cabinet today held a meeting in Chandigarh. The cabinet announced to make ...
"Black Week Against Chitta" - a movement called on over social media was visible on ground in Punjab on Sunday (July 01) as people held peaceful demonstrations across the state condemning government inaction against drugs catastrophe in Punjab.
The Punjab government has reportedly withdrawn a bill that proposed life imprisonment for beadbi of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Justice Ranjit Singh Commission today handed over first part of its probe report to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
Dal Khalsa fired a salvo at CM Amarinder Singh-led Congress government for maintaining studied silence on rightful demands of Sikhs that led to launch of Bargarhi Morcha on June 1 by Bhai Dhian Singh Mand.
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s religious adviser, Paramjit Singh Sarna, joined the "Bargari Morcha" at village which entered its 30th day on Friday.
Dal Khalsa leaders H S Dhami and Kanwar Pal Singh said it’s almost four weeks that a section of the state’s population were protesting through a sit-in demonstration at Bargarhi to bring the culprits of Bargarhi and Behbal Kalan to book. Yet the government’s approach is thoroughly non-serious and casual. None of the demands of the agitators has been accepted. “We hope that the people of Punjab will get to see the findings of Justice Ranjit Singh Commission on sacrilege incidents, which is expected to be out in a day or two”, said they.Jalandhar- Castigating the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government for miserably failing on all fronts, the Dal Khalsa has said that this government has completely failed to check and contain the drug menace, sand mafia, the incidents of sacrilege and lawlessness.
Rampant drugs abuse in the state has emerged as a major cause of concerns in recent days. As many as 25 youth reportedly died due to drugs abuse in Punjab in the month of June till 28 June.
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