Badal reminds BJP, Punjab is fighting nation’s war against drugs

CHHANU: (Sri Muktsar Sahib): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who had yesterday at Anandpur Sahib foundation day function failed to rebutt the assertions of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the drug menace in Punjab today found an opportunity to snub the BJP leadership taking an excuse of statement issued by PPP President Manpreet Singh Badal.
Manpreet Singh Badal had stated that Rajnath Singh had condemned the working of SAD-BJP government by raising the drug issue at Anandpur Sahib. Rajnath Singh had said that problem of drug in Punjab is very serious and he had advised the state government to fight against the drug menace. Manpreet said that it was direct attack on government working under Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
While talking to media here Badal who avoided attacking Rajnath Singh directly slammed the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) Chief Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal for misleading the people by racking up baseless issues, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that before speaking on this sensitive issue related to drugs, the former Finance Minister must remember that state was being defamed for fighting nation’s war against drugs.
Interacting with the media persons on sidelines of first day of Sangat Darshan in Lambi assembly segment, the Chief Minister said that Punjab has a glorious track record of fighting for safeguarding unity and integrity of the country and now also it was fighting country’s war against drug menace due to which the state has been belittled by some inimical forces. He said that Punjab falls on the transit route of drug coming from across the border to be supplied in the entire country. However, Mr. Badal said that the brave Punjabis were shielding the country from this curse by keeping a strict check on drug peddling due to which some of the forces vary of the peace and prosperity of the state has tarnished its image by labeling it as drug addicts.