Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Wednesday, making drug menace the BJP’s central political plank for the 2027 assembly elections and promising to make the state drug-free by the last day of 2029 if the party comes to power.
He alleged that not a single anti-drug meeting had been held by the Punjab government during the past three years and claimed that the state had rejected the Centre’s proposal which were offered to Punjab government to deal with drug problems. Shah said the BJP would make the fight against drugs a major commitment in the 2027 election. Shah also targeted the Bhagwant Mann government over its promise to provide MSP for 26 crops. The political message from the BJP is clear: drugs, law and order, corruption, farmers and youth employment will be woven together into its challenge to the AAP government ahead of the 2027 elections.
Addressing a massive rally in Jalandhar as the BJP’s “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra” ended, Shah directly appealed to Punjab’s youth to vote for the BJP, saying the party would pull the state’s younger generation out of the “drug trap” and create employment opportunities for them. “Bhagwant Mann has increased the drug trade,” Shah alleged, accusing the AAP government of failing to tackle the narcotics crisis. “I promise the youth of Punjab that if you vote for the BJP, we will make Punjab drug-free before December 31, 2029,” he said. The government, he said, has failed to fulfill the commitment and contrasted Punjab with neighbouring Haryana, where he claimed farmers had received MSP on the crops covered under the state’s policy.
