Interview | ‘AAP had 4.5 years to end drug menace, gangsterism in Punjab’: Pilot
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has criticized the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab for failing to address the state's drug crisis and rising gangsterism. Pilot claims that the current administration lacks the political will to dismantle the nexus between criminals and the state.
Why it matters
The interview highlights the primary political narratives and campaign issues ahead of upcoming elections in Punjab, focusing on law and order.
Drug menace and underworld-crime are top issues in the upcoming elections in Punjab. AAP has shown no will to root them out, says Congress, but if voted to office, it will finish these off, AICC state in-charge Sachin Pilottells Subodh Ghildiyal. Excerpts:Where does Congress think the AAP govt has failed in Punjab?■ The top issue is the menace of drugs. The mafia and bureaucratic nexus is so overwhelming that home delivery of drugs is much quicker than home delivery of food. It’s ‘chitta’. As per NCRB 2024, Punjab had the second highest NDPS Act crime rate at 29 cases per lakh. If AAP govt had the will to finish off the drug menace, it would have done so in 4.5 years. Look at gangsterism, the nexus between people in jail and those operating outside carrying out shootouts, robberies.
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