AAP Accuses Opposition of Orchestrating Anti-Punjab Smear Campaign

Addressing reporters at the party headquarters, Singh detailed a coordinated effort to portray figures like Jagga Singh and Mohanjeet Singh as grassroots revolutionaries. According to the Rajya Sabha MP, these individuals are far from activists; Jagga Singh alone faces nine criminal cases, including charges under the NDPS Act, with four prior convictions. Singh argued that local panchayats previously passed resolutions against these individuals, citing their direct involvement in the very drug trade they now claim to oppose.

The MP further challenged the opposition's narrative surrounding the death of a third figure, Gulzar, alleging that political rivals coerced him into recording incriminating videos against Minister Harpal Singh Cheema. Singh dismissed these tactics as a desperate attempt to distract from the history of the previous Akali Dal-BJP administration, which he claimed presided over a period where narcotics reached nearly every village in the state.

Shifting the focus to the BJP’s home state, Singh highlighted the seizure of narcotics valued at Rs 20,000 crore at the Mundra Port in Gujarat. Citing NIA affidavits filed with the Supreme Court, he noted that authorities linked these funds to terrorist training in Pakistan. Singh warned that the AAP would continue to counter what he termed a campaign of defamation, maintaining that his government remains the only one to launch a genuine, committed offensive against drug mafias in the region.