Poonia oversees Punjab drug yatra planning; Chadha, Mittal attend meet

The BJP is set to organise 12-day anti-drug yatras across all 117 assembly constituencies in the state from September 18 to 30

Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s proposed anti-drug yatras, party’s national general secretary and Punjab affairs in-charge Dr Satish Poonia on Thursday held a series of marathon meetings at the party headquarters here.

BJP’s national general secretary and Punjab affairs in-charge Dr Satish Poonia chairing a meeting at the party headquarters in Chandigarh on Thursday. (HT)

The BJP is set to organise 12-day anti-drug yatras across all 117 assembly constituencies in the state from September 18 to 30. The Chandigarh meeting, for the first time, was attended by Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, who jumped ship from the Aam Aadmi Party to join the BJP in April. Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Sandhu was also in attendance.

Poonia, who has asked the state leadership to resolve internal differences and strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level, emphasised the need for effective coordination, detailed planning and strong organisational preparedness to ensure that the “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra” reached every section of society and conveyed the party’s message against the drug menace across Punjab.