No problem too big

As the controversy over certification of Hindi movie Udta Punjab raged, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said his party would solve the drug menace in the state in a month, if it is voted to power. Addressing a protest rally in Jalandhar on Monday, he said, “If Punjab needs a better future, there is no other way but to stop the drug menace in the state. On one side there is the drug menace, and on the other, there are law and order, unemployment issues.” Gandhi added that the Congress intended to give more authority to the police, which would, in turn, help tackle these two problems. Reacting to his claims, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the Congress had double standards as it had failed to initiate action against these problems when they were brought to the notice of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.