State will launch census to identify drug addicts: Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Punjab Government would soon launch a census to identify drug addicts as part of its drive against the menace.

He also launched helpline 9779100200 asking people to give information about drug peddlers to the police and urged them to be part of a mass movement against the problem, which he said would be launched on April 1.

He said the identity of the caller would be kept secret.

“An anti-drone technology will be put in place by the state government to check the supply of drugs from across the border,” he added.

Speaking on the census, Kejriwal said teams of the state government would visit every household to check the extent of the problem.“Corrective measures will be taken subsequently,” he said.

Kejriwal sidelined CM: Bajwa

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly — Partap Singh Bajwa —took a dig at Kejriwal’s Punjab tour, accusing him of “sidelining” Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with an intention to pave his way to the Rajya Sabha. He also alleged that Kejriwal was behind the large-scale transfers affected in the state recently.

“Kejriwal has sidelined Mann. He is trying to take over Punjab,” he said.