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Delhi CM targets AAP over Punjab drug crisis, launches yatra
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday accused the AAP government in Punjab of failing to curb the drug menace, alleging the "demon of drugs" is spreading across villages and cities. Speaking…
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday accused the AAP government in Punjab of failing to curb the drug menace, alleging the "demon of drugs" is spreading across villages and cities. Speaking while flagging off the BJP's second anti-drug yatra from Fatehgarh Sahib, Gupta said the AAP government had promised to eliminate drugs within three months of taking office in 2022 but had not fulfilled that promise. She alleged the AAP leadership was complicit with the drug mafia and that the government's deadline had been extended six times.
Gupta also questioned AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's role in Punjab, alleging he was misusing state resources for his national political ambitions. She put Punjab's debt at around Rs 5 lakh crore and asked who would repay it. The 13-day BJP campaign will cover nearly 4,000 km across all 117 assembly constituencies, culminating in a Jalandhar rally on September 30 addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah. Separately, Congress Punjab in-charge Sachin Pilot criticised both the AAP government and the BJP-led Centre over the drug crisis, questioning their response and calling for action against the entire supply network.
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Gupta's speech and Pilot's social media post frame the drug crisis through their party's electoral lens. Gupta leads with AAP's broken promises and alleged complicity with traffickers, omitting any central role in border enforcement. Pilot targets both state and centre, citing districts classified as ultra-sensitive and the Mundra Port seizure, making the BJP's own yatra an electoral exercise. Neither offers a non-partisan assessment of the drug network's geography or the rehabilitation system's failures. The BJP's yatra ends September 30 with Amit Shah's rally, that date will test whether the campaign shifts the issue beyond rhetoric.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 government-critical
Sources (3): indiatoday.in (government critical), hindustantimes.com (government critical), hindustantimes.com (2) (government critical)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
