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Amit Shah pledges Punjab will be chitta-free by 2029

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Amit Shah pledged Punjab will be free of synthetic drug “chitta” by December 31, 2029.
BJP is making the anti-drug pledge its central issue for the 2027 Punjab assembly election.
The “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra” covered about 4,000 km, visiting all 117 constituencies before ending in Jalandhar.
Shah accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s AAP government of allowing the drug trade and blocking NCORD meetings.
AAP demanded Shah explain a recent Gujarat seizure of 526 kg heroin and methamphetamine worth over Rs 3,000 crore.

History

Historical Context

The 1988 UN Convention against illicit drug traffic, which entered into force on 11 November 1990 and now has 191 parties, spurred many states to build enforcement bodies. India later created the Narcotics Control Bureau to meet treaty obligations. Amit Shah’s 2027 pledge to make Punjab drug-free by 2029 revives that top-down model, pressuring other states to adopt similar legal frameworks.

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Story summary

Amit Shah pledged Punjab will be free of synthetic drug “chitta” by December 31, 2029.
BJP is making the anti-drug pledge its central issue for the 2027 Punjab assembly election.
The “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra” covered about 4,000 km, visiting all 117 constituencies before ending in Jalandhar.
Shah accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s AAP government of allowing the drug trade and blocking NCORD meetings.
AAP demanded Shah explain a recent Gujarat seizure of 526 kg heroin and methamphetamine worth over Rs 3,000 crore.

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