Navjot Sidhu says Punjab govt lacks will to end drug mafia, shares video of 'peddler selling drugs'

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Updated At : 04:20 PM May 04, 2022 IST

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Chandigarh, May 4

Congress leader Navjot Sidhu on Wednesday slammed the Punjab government over “inattention” in checking the drug mafia in the state.

Sidhu took to Twitter criticising the government’s “will to put an end to the drug dealers” in the state. He shared a video of a man apparently selling drugs at a village in Faridkot district.

Sidhu wrote: “STF report and Hon’ble High Court have, on multiple occasions, observed that a nexus between Drug peddler, Police and Politician exists, which is yet to be broken. Political will absent… Ramifications clearly evident….Somewhere in Faridkot…@ArvindKejriwal @BhagwantMann”

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