Centre to open NCB office in Amritsar to promote BJP, not fight drugs menace in Punjab: Kejriwal

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Image Source: PTI Center will open NCB office in Amritsar to promote BJP, not to fight drugs problem in Punjab: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that the Center was planning to open an office of the Narcotics Control Bureau in Punjab’s Amritsar to promote the BJP and not the drug menace in the state. To fight the danger. Kejriwal’s remarks came after Shah addressed a rally in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, in which he announced that a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office would be opened in Amritsar within a month to fight the menace of drugs.

Shah said the BJP would launch an awareness program in Punjab and party workers would visit every block and village in the state to carry out the campaign. Are you opening NCB office or BJP office in Amritsar? How can NCB work in villages through BJP workers? NCB,” AAP national Kejriwal alleged in a tweet in Hindi, reacting to Shah’s announcement. “By the way, the drug menace had spread during your (and) Akali Dal’s government, Shah Sahab?” Kejriwal asked in his tweet.

Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the AAP government in Punjab, saying the state’s law and order situation is getting worse and worse as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spends all his time with Kejriwal on his country tour. He said that sometimes he wonders whether Mann is the chief minister or a pilot. “The Modi government has soon decided to free the country from drug addiction and root out (illegal) drug trade in Punjab,” Shah said at the Gurdaspur rally. The home minister said, “To fight against the (illegal) drug trade, an NCB office will be opened in Amritsar within a month. And BJP workers are going to start an awareness campaign against drugs in every block and village of Punjab.” Are.” during the rally.

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