BJP will kick-start a Statewide awareness drive against drug menace in Punjab from January 23 onwards and on the eve of the drive, BJP president Amit Shah will address a rally in Amritsar.
In a statement issued here, Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma said the main objective behind the drive was to sensitise the people in every nook and corner of the State about the terrible health threat to those taking drugs. He also informed that as a part of the programme to save Punjab from drugs, the party would run awareness campaign besides making sure that strictness is brought in the legal framework to deal with the evil menace.
Sharma said in the first phase, the BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) would organise the January 22 rally in Amritsar, which would be addressed by the party president Amit Shah. On January 23 - the anniversary of the founder of the Azad Hind Sena — Subhash Chander Bose, an awareness rally would be taken out under the leadership of the BJYM president Anurag Thakur. The awareness drive would tour the entire state and would culminate on February 2 - on the occasion of the Guru Ravi Das Jayanti.
The state BJP President said everyday the drive would be led by one senior national leader of the party. Thereafter, the next phase of the rallies would be conducted in the months of March and April. He added that in the second phase, the awareness rallies would be organised in all the 13 parliamentary constituencies of the State. During the drive, the party activists and leaders would meet people in cities, towns and at village level to spread awareness about the curse of the drug addiction. Sharma said the drug menace was contributing a lot in the increasing crime graph in the state and unless the state is made drug free, Punjab will not become a healthy state.