Polls in mind, Rahul to lead protest against drug abuse in Punjab

“Will join the mass protest in Jalandhar on Monday, 13th June, to highlight rampant drug abuse and collapse of law & order in Punjab,” he tweeted.

Gandhi had raised the issue of rampant drug abuse among youths in Punjab in 2012 too, when he was subjected to ridicule by the SAD-BJP government.

Besides Gandhi, all senior party leaders and workers from the state will take part in the dharna, Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh said, adding that eradicating drug misuse from Punjab is the Congress’ top priority. Two days ago, Gandhi had made a strong pitch for release of film ‘Udta Punjab’, noting that the state has a “crippling drug problem” and censoring the film would not fix it.

Congress has alleged that PM Narendra Modi has “covertly ensured” that the film is banned or “at least neutered” to hide the scale of the drug problem in Punjab.

Congress has been insisting that BJP is an ally of the SAD government in Punjab and is “equally culpable” for the “inaction” of the state government on drug menace.