Amit Shah pledges drug-free Punjab by 2029
In short
Amit Shah spoke at a rally in Jalandhar during the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ and promised a drug-free Punjab by 2029. The campaign covered 4,000 km across all assembly constituencies over 13 days.
The BJP is trying to make drugs a major election issue in Punjab. The reporting does not confirm the claims Shah made about the AAP government.
What the reporting says
Amit Shah addressed a rally in Jalandhar during the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ and pledged to make Punjab drug-free by 2029. The campaign covered 4,000 km across all assembly constituencies over 13 days, according to the publisher summary. He also called drugs a key issue for the 2027 Punjab elections and blamed the AAP government, but the reporting does not verify those claims beyond the summary.
Why it matters
Amit Shah’s Jalandhar rally put the BJP’s Punjab campaign focus on drugs ahead of the 2027 state election, based on the publisher summary. The party said its ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ covered 4,000 km across all assembly constituencies in 13 days and promised a drug-free state by 2029. What remains unknown is any independent verification of the claims or the campaign’s effectiveness.