Punjab CM Mann mimics Majithia’s moustache twirl, ‘you can get bail from courts, but what about court of God?’

He blamed the previous governments in Punjab for pushing it in drugs. “Our Punjab was once known for bhangra, giddha, and excellent performances in sports. The entire Indian national hockey team used to be from Punjab, but they (previous governments) have made us famous for chitta (heroin), teekey (injections) and syringes. Such was the state of affairs then that “saaman” (drugs) used to be supplied in government vehicles and police were given registration numbers of those vehicles to let them pass without checking,” he said, mimicking Majithia, who recently secured bail in an alleged disproportionate assets (DA) case.

At the rally, Mann also administered oath to over one lakh volunteers of anti-drug village-level defence committees (VDCs), constituted in each village to tip-off police in nabbing drug peddlers.

Addressing the rally, Kejriwal said that the previously ruling parties in Punjab — SAD, BJP and Congress — “pushed each household into drugs”. “If they are voted to power again, Punjab will again slip into drugs,” he said.

Kejriwal added, “When we started this drive in March last year, people were scared to share tip-offs to nab peddlers as they saw previous governments doing nothing. But now when they see how the AAP government nabbed big fish and bulldozed their homes, their faith in police and administration has been restored.”

Kejriwal said that the Punjab government has launched a new ‘Nasha Mukt Abhiyaan’ app on which VDC volunteers can file an anonymous complaint. “The first task of the VDCs is to inform police about drug sellers, and the second is to take addicts for treatment,” he said, adding that the AAP government was constructing playgrounds/stadiums in each village to divert the de-addicted youths towards sports.

He added that if local cops are hands in glove with peddlers, they will be removed, and the cops from special task force (STF) will act on the complaint.

Mann said that the previous governments did not leave their share in anything right from chitta to a samosa.

“They kept eating Punjab. Parents started sending their children abroad so that they don’t get hooked on to drugs. I haven’t come here to scare Punjabis or file FIRs against them, but to make Punjab, Punjab again. Otherwise, I was a very famous comedian…a king in my own house but now I am here to finish drugs from its roots,” Mann said, adding that if he goes to hospital for a day, “Akalis think I am going to sit at home”.

Mann said that as per the latest report he has received, now less passports are being made from Punjab, indicating that youths were no more interested in moving abroad as they have started getting jobs in Punjab itself.

“Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to overhear conversations of common people to know their feedback about his governance. Those who ruled Punjab before 2022, used the same technique to check if any house was left without a chitta consumer so that they can supply,” the CM said.

“Mera saala, mera jija, mera chacha, mera bhatija… every plum post was given within the family and they left nothing for common people. Even goats could not drink water from the canal which flowed towards their fields,” said Mann, in a dig at SAD, BJP and Congress leaders.

Meanwhile, AAP’s Punjab affairs incharge Manish Sisodia said: “It is only due to the tip-offs given by common people that Punjab Police has recovered over 2000 kg of heroin in one year.”