Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has alleged that medicine are getting into Punjab from Gujarat and accused the central authorities of conspiring to defame the state.
Mann made the remarks throughout a press convention amid Union Residence Minister Amit Shah’s go to to Punjab. The Chief Minister had been on a go to to France and returned from overseas lately.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, he determined at hand over the investigation into the Parminder Jhotta homicide case in Mansa to the CBI.
Mann stated Shah was visiting Punjab following a number of tragic incidents within the state in latest days. “He’s the Union Residence Minister and might go to Punjab at any time when he needs. Nonetheless, the BJP is projecting his go to as an effort to save lots of Punjab and make it drug-free. I’ve a number of questions for the Residence Minister,” Mann stated.
What the Chief Minister stated on the press convention?
Drug downside grew between 2007 and 2017
Addressing Shah, Mann stated the drug downside had grown in the course of the joint authorities of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP between 2007 and 2017.
“Drug consignments weighing tons of of kilograms entered the state throughout that interval. Why did you not keep in mind the necessity to save Punjab then? Why was no motion taken? A requirement for a CBI probe towards Bikram Singh Majithia was additionally raised on the time, however you didn’t act as a result of he was your ally,” Mann alleged.
He additional claimed that the drug commerce continued after the federal government was fashioned in 2015 and that drug traffickers named senior ministers.
He questioned why motion was not taken towards them and why efforts weren’t made to make Punjab drug-free.
Greater than 700 farmers died in the course of the protest
Mann additionally questioned Shah over the farmers’ protest towards the Centre’s farm legal guidelines in Delhi, which lasted for round one-and-a-half years.
“Greater than 700 farmers died in the course of the protest. Why did you not go to their households or categorical sympathy? The Punjab authorities supplied compensation of ₹5 lakh and authorities jobs to the affected households,” he stated.
Rajasthan has the very best drug downside, alleges Mann
The Chief Minister claimed that Rajasthan had the very best stage of drug abuse and described Haryana as a breeding floor for gangsters.
“Medicine are coming from Gujarat. The Punjab Police has repeatedly seized consignments weighing round 3,000 kg from Adani’s port. Why are you not stopping this?” Mann stated, referring to the position of Gujarat’s ports in drug trafficking.
He additionally questioned the Centre’s dealing with of border safety, noting that the Border Safety Power (BSF) has jurisdiction over a 50-km belt alongside the worldwide border.
Questions Centre over medicine coming from Pakistan
Mann additional questioned the Union Residence Minister over the alleged failure to cease medicine getting into India from Pakistan.
“You’re the Union Residence Minister. Why are you not doing something to cease medicine coming from Pakistan? Why do you keep in mind Punjab solely throughout elections? It’s unlucky that you’ve got stooped to such low-level politics,” he stated.
The allegations had been made by Mann in the course of the press convention. The claims relating to drug trafficking and the Centre’s response weren’t independently established within the statements supplied.
