Jakhar’s Clarion Call: Vote For Bjp For A Drug-free Progressive Punjab.

May31,2024 | Gautam Jalandhari | Chandigarh

Giving a clarion call to vote for the BJP for a progressive Punjab, BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar today said the answer to a drug-free Punjab lies in strengthening the saffron party both at the Center and the state. He said Home Minister Amit Shah has already shown the resolve when he said ‘the BJP will not only end the narcotic abuse in Punjab, the party will completely uproot the menace that Punjab is grappling with’.

“Punjab requires a political will to root out drugs. If need be, the BJP will open new offices of the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) and other stringent measures to weed out the menace from Punjab soil. Every vote for the BJP Punjab will save the generation,” Sunil Jakhar said.

He called upon the constituents to deliver a decisive mandate in favour of the BJP if Punjab were to be unbound from the clutches of fear and threat rampant under the AAP dispensation led by Bhagwant Mann. Citing the example of UP, Sunil Jakhar said under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Yogi Adityanath government has turned the state into a law and order driven progressive state by uprooting the rule of the mafia and gangsters. Today Punjab industry is relocating to UP. Punjab needs a strong leadership if its future has to be secure, Jakhar said.

He said the AAP government stands exposed with unbridled rampant drug abuse and unemployment. “Today nobody wants to go to a minister’s doorstep fearing loss of dignity or outraging modesty. The sad part is that the Punjab Congress has timidly surrendered before Mann fearing police action,” he said, adding that the Congress and the AAP are in cahoots: two sides of the same coin, who are seeking votes not for Punjab’s betterment but to see that they don’t go to jail.

Jakhar asked: “Why do Congress leaders not speak against the AAP for its failure on drugs? Why don’t they speak against Mann for forfeiting the interest of farmers by blocking the grant of Rs 6000 under the Kisan Nidhi scheme? It’s because Congress leaders in Punjab fear Mann. They fear going to jail for their corrupt ways and wrongdoings if they speak against Mann”.

A strong support base of the BJP is the need of the hour in Punjab to mitigate the sufferings that have plagued the state. “PM Modi walks the talk. He does what he says. He talked of opening the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor link, which he did. Be it the Guru RaviDass temple in Tuglakhabad or the Guru RaviDass airport in Punjab’s Adampur, there's a firm commitment of PM Modi,” Jakhar said.

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has assured Punjab trade and Industry-friendly policies that will be implemented in PM Modi’s third term. PM Modi talked about doubling the farmers’ income and every grain of wheat and paddy produced was lifted in the last 10-years. “The payout to farmers grew from Rs 32,000 crore in 2014 to Rs 72,000 crore in 2024. Be it houses in Punjab, toilets, gas connections, tap water, Punjab benefited enormously from Centers schemes,” Jakhar said, imploring voters to vote for the BJP in Punjab on June 1.