SAD MP calls for women-led mass movement against Punjab drugs

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday, 10 November, urged women in Punjab to launch a sustained mass agitation against drug abuse on the lines of the Kisan Andolan, forming groups to confront traffickers and keep them out of their villages. She was addressing women at Attari and Raja Sansi.

Badal alleged that both the previous Congress government and the incumbent AAP government had failed to curb the drug menace, claiming Punjab now ranks first in drug smuggling and second in drug overdose deaths. She said the SAD, if it forms the government in 2027, would set up a special task force headed by a woman DGP to investigate data from her campaign and ensure exemplary punishment for offenders.

She also promised a rehabilitation programme for addicts with skill training and loans, and a new law to deny bail to drug traffickers for 10 years and seize their properties to compensate victims.