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"AAP govt left no stone unturned in pushing Punjab into abyss of drugs”: Amit Shah

"AAP govt left no stone unturned in pushing Punjab into abyss of drugs”: Amit Shah

New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of pushing Punjab into a drug crisis and said he would meet the families of people who recently lost their lives after raising their voices against drug smugglers.
Shah said he would meet the families in Mansa, Sangrur and Gurdaspur on Tuesday, October 20.
In a post on X, Shah wrote, ”The Aam Aadmi Party government has left no stone unturned in pushing Punjab into the quagmire of drugs, as a result of which countless families have had to lose their children. I will meet the families of those individuals who, under the patronage of the 'AAP' government, have recently had to sacrifice their lives for raising their voices against the smugglers peddling white powder, on Tuesday (October 20) in Mansa, Sangrur, and Gurdaspur.”

ਆਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਦਲਦਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਧੱਕਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਕਸਰ ਬਾਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਛੱਡੀ, ਜਿਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਬੱਚੇ ਗੁਆਉਣੇ ਪਏ ਹਨ। ‘ਆਪ’ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਸਰਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ ਹੇਠ ਵਧ-ਫੁੱਲ ਰਹੇ ਚਿੱਟੇ ਦੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰੀਆਂ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਉਠਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਜਾਨਾਂ ਗੁਆਉਣੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ (20 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ) ਨੂੰ ਮਾਨਸਾ, ਸੰਗਰੂਰ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਰਦਾਸਪੁਰ ਵਿਖੇ ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਗੁਆਇਆ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਦੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਆਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ। ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਕਾਲੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਉੱਠਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਆਵਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਬਾਉਣ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਾਂ ਕਦੇ ਕਾਮਯਾਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਣਗੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਲੋਕ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮੂੰਹ-ਤੋੜ ਜਵਾਬ ਦੇਣਗੇ। ਭਾਰਤ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਚਿੱਟੇ ਦੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੁਣ-ਚੁਣ ਕੇ ਜੇਲ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਲਾਖਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਏਗੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਮੇਤ ਪੂਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਕਾਲੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਕਰਵਾ ਕੇ ਰਹੇਗੀ।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 18, 2026


Shah said the grief of the families who had lost their loved ones could not be expressed in words. He added that attempts to suppress voices raised against the drug trade would not succeed and that the people of Punjab would give a befitting reply.
“The grief of what these families have lost cannot be expressed in words. The attempts to suppress the voices rising against this black trade of drugs will never succeed, and the people of Punjab will give a befitting reply to this,” he further wrote.
He further said the Government of India would take action against drug smugglers and work to free Punjab and the rest of the country from the drug trade.
“The Government of India will selectively put the drug smugglers behind bars and will ensure the entire country, including Punjab, is freed from this black trade of drugs,” he said.
Earlier, Pargat Singh, Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, also raised serious concerns over the growing drug menace in Punjab, questioning the state government’s response to incidents of alleged drug trafficking, violence, and medical drug abuse.
"What happened in Mansa is happening across Punjab! Drug traffickers are emboldened by alleged political and police patronage. In Sri Hargobindpur Sahib, three young men were attacked with weapons by drug traffickers. In Ludhiana, 30-year-old Sahil reportedly died after consuming medical drugs,” Singh said on X.(ANI)

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