Even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab has launched a campaign to eradicate the drug menace, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s State president Sunil Jakhar on Monday (June 16, 2025) said it is imperative to “follow the money” to track down the “end beneficiaries” in the drug money trail if the Punjab government wants to establish its credibility and resolve to uproot the drug mafia from the State.
In a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Mr. Jakhar urged him to seek the intervention of the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Sheel Nagu, for setting up an appropriate “time-bound” probe by a credible agency, or even a multi-agency investigation, under the supervision of the Chief Justice, to uncover the end beneficiaries in the drug money trail.
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“Arresting thousands of drug addicts and small players won’t make any difference in rooting out the drug menace. The flow of money has to be established to catch the big fish and arrest the end beneficiaries, be it politicians across party lines or officials. Without this, the government’s claim in its fight against drugs in Punjab remains a farce,” Mr. Jakhar said. He added that the drug cartels in Punjab cannot thrive without some or the other kind of patronage which has been there for some time now.
