'Someone who gets intoxicated': Shah's dig at AAP, vows drug-free Punjab
Home Minister Amit Shah criticized the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, accusing them of failing to curb the state's drug crisis. He pledged that the BJP would eliminate the drug menace in Punjab within two years if elected to power.
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This highlights the intensifying political rhetoric and campaign strategies ahead of regional elections in India, focusing on law and order issues.
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the ruling Aam Aadmi Party of allowing an open trade of drugs in Punjab and promised that the Bharatiya Janata Party will make the state drug-free in two years if it comes to power. The minister also took a dig at CM Bhagwant Mann without naming him and said that "someone who himself gets intoxicated cannot make the state drug free"."Once people remove useless AAP govt in Punjab, we will wipe out drug menace in 2 years," Amit Shah said at a rally in Jalandhar."Someone who gets intoxicated and insults the gurus cannot free Punjab from the scourge of drugs. It cannot liberate Punjab ...
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