Bathinda: Farmers protest at MLAs’ houses over govt ‘inaction’ against drug menace

Acting on a call given by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), farmers of the district today staged dharnas in front of MLAs’ houses to protest alleged government inaction against drug menace.

• Addressing today’s dharna, state senior vice-president, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) Jhanda Singh Jethuke said drugs were being sold in the same manner as before when AAP had not come to power. The government should take steps to eradicate the drug menace from the state, he added.
• The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) on Tuesday staged a protest outside the residence of Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian at Khuddian village in Lambi
• The minister met the protesters and took their memorandum. BKU office-bearer Harbans Singh Kotli said, “A large number of youngsters are dying every month due to the drug menace.”