Chandigarh, September 30, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
AAP Punjab chief spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday questioned the BJP’s campaign against drugs in Punjab, asking why the party does not begin its ‘Nasha Mukt Yatra’ from Gujarat and demanding answers from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over drug consignments allegedly entering through Gujarat ports.
Dhaliwal also questioned the BJP’s position on the drug case involving Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia and asked why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had not taken the case to its logical conclusion, while also raising questions over the transfer of former ED officer Niranjan Singh during the investigation into the Jagdish Singh Bhola drug case.
His remarks came as the BJP’s 13-day ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, which began on September 18 and covered all 117 Assembly constituencies, concluded with Shah’s rally in Jalandhar on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference, Dhaliwal said Jagdish Singh Bhola and Majithia should be questioned face-to-face to establish the alleged links in the drug case.
“Jagdish Bhola and Bikram Singh Majithia should be made to sit face-to-face and questioned so that the truth can come out. Every aspect of the drug network must be investigated and no person should be given any special treatment,” he said.
Dhaliwal alleged that the drug network expanded during the 2007-2017 tenure of the SAD-BJP government in Punjab and claimed that Majithia and his associates had played a major role during that period.
He said the Bhagwant Mann government had launched a comprehensive campaign against drugs and was taking action against those allegedly involved in the narcotics trade.
“The opposition parties are doing politics on the drug issue only to defame the Bhagwant Mann government. The people of Punjab know very well what action this government is taking against drugs and the drug network,” Dhaliwal said.
Rejecting allegations of political vendetta, he said the state government was following the legal process in cases involving alleged drug networks and that anyone found to have been involved would face action under the law.
Turning his criticism towards the BJP, Dhaliwal said the party should first answer questions about the origin and movement of large drug consignments before targeting Punjab.
“BJP leaders should first answer where the huge quantities of drugs entering the country are coming from before lecturing Punjab on drugs. Large quantities of drugs are entering through ports in BJP-ruled Gujarat and being moved through different routes towards other states, including Punjab,” he alleged.
He also questioned Shah over the Majithia case, referring to the alleged Rs 6,000-crore synthetic drug case.
Dhaliwal said the ED had questioned Majithia in 2014 and Punjab Police had registered an FIR against him in 2021. He questioned why the central agencies had not brought the matter to a conclusion and why Majithia had again been summoned by the Punjab SIT.
“Before coming to Punjab to do politics on drugs, Union Home Minister Amit Shah should answer the people of Punjab about the drugs coming through Gujarat. Why does the BJP not start its ‘Nasha Mukt Yatra’ from Gujarat and answer questions about the drug consignments being seized there?” he said.
The BJP’s anti-drug campaign has been a major political issue in Punjab, with the party’s four simultaneous yatras covering nearly 4,000 km before culminating in Jalandhar. Shah, addressing the concluding rally, said the BJP would make the eradication of the drug trade a major issue in the 2027 Assembly elections and pledged to make Punjab drug-free by the end of 2029.
Dhaliwal also raised the issue of the international border, saying Punjab shares a 532-km border with Pakistan and alleging that drones were being used to smuggle drugs and weapons into the state.
He said border security was the responsibility of the Centre and urged the Union government to strengthen surveillance and deploy anti-drone systems to check cross-border smuggling.
“Punjab shares a 532-kilometre-long international border with Pakistan, while a 50-kilometre area along the border comes under the BSF. Drones are being used to bring drugs and weapons across the border,” Dhaliwal said.
He added that the Punjab government would continue its campaign against drugs and said anyone found involved in the illegal trade would face action under the law.
Meanwhile, AAP Punjab president and Cabinet Minister Aman Arora also criticised the BJP over its anti-drug campaign, referring to the 2007-2017 period when the SAD and BJP were in alliance in Punjab.
Arora alleged that the drug problem, including the spread of the term ‘chitta’, became prominent during that period and accused political leaders, police officials and drug traffickers of forming a nexus.
He said the BJP could not distance itself from the record of governments it supported between 2007 and 2017.
“The BJP is today taking out a yatra against drugs, but I want to ask why both those governments, from 2007 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2017, continued with BJP support,” Arora said.
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