Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Sunday strongly advocated the formation of World Anti-Terrorism Forum to counter biggest challenge of terrorist attacks and terrorism activities across the globe.

Sukhbir emphasised that terrorism cannot be related to any religion or community as the terrorists have no religion and to eliminate such activities, all nations have to unite on anti-terrorism forum like economic forums.

European countries have now realised the real threat of terrorism as their citizens were killed by the terrorists, but in the past, these nations never raised their voice against the threat, he said.

Making firm commitment to maintain peace and communal harmony in the State, Sukhbir suggested that the United Nations should come forward in this regard. “If any country provides any kind of support to any terrorist outfit, concerned nation should be singled out in respect of boycott from all other nations,” he said.

Welcoming Capt Amarinder Singh as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president, Sukhbir said that those Congress must throw out its leaders who had openly supported the anti-national Sarbat Khalsa.

He added, “Coronation of Capt Amarinder Singh would not change the bleak fortunes of the Congress in Punjab as he is a spent force who has already been defeated by the SAD-BJP combine twice.”

Blaming the Punjab Congress for defaming Punjab on the drug issue, SAD president said that there should be a uniform policy in the country to tackle this serious issue as some states like Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are generating revenue from the cultivation of opium at one hand but other states are suffering at the other.

He maintained that Punjab is a transit route of drug suppliers across the border from Pakistan and Afghanistan to other parts of the country and Punjab is fighting a nation's war on the front.

“It is a matter of satisfaction that Punjab made a service to the nation by breaking the drug supply line by arresting the drug lords and confiscated large quantities of narcotics,” he said.

On the issue of corruption, Deputy Chief Minister said: “This social disease could not be wiped out by bringing lokpal but only through eliminating direct contact between common man and public servants that could be possible in implementing online services.”

He said that in this regard, 2400 Sewa Kendras in urban and rural areas would be made functional within three months for provisioning of about 200 citizen centric services at their doorsteps.