Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Monday alleged that the two years of Congress government in Punjab saw the "highest drug related-deaths" and accused Chief Minister Amarinder Singh of diverting people's attention from his government's "failure" in curbing it.
The three-time MP took on Singh a day after the chief minister wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a national policy to tackle drug menace.
In his letter to the prime minister, Singh had also urged him to advise the ministries of Home, Social Justice and Empowerment and Health and Family Welfare to address this important issue.
On Monday, Badal tweeted, "Instead of diverting attn frm ur (Amarinder) failure to fulfil oath taken in name of Guru Gobind Singh ji to wipe out drugs in 4 weeks by writing to PM, u Amarinder should fulfilur oath. 2yrs of ur govt has seen all time high drug-deaths & ur own MLAs r blaming police-political nexus (sic)."
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