Sanjay targets Majithia on drug menace in Punjab ‘despite case’

While addressing a gathering at Talwandi Sabo during the party’s Baisakhi mela rally, Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh again alleged that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Bikram Singh Majithia was behind the drug menace in the state.

Updated on: Apr 13, 2016, 23:00:57 IST

Hindustan Times | By Aarish Chhabra, Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda)

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While addressing a gathering at Talwandi Sabo during the party’s Baisakhi mela rally, Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh again alleged that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Bikram Singh Majithia was behind the drug menace in the state. He said that he was “not afraid” despite a defamation case against him by Majithia.

AAP affairs in-charge Sanjay Singh (HT File Photo)

In a fiery speech, Singh said, “he has filed a case against me. But I repeat that once we come to power, we will hold Majithia by the collar and put him in jail for spreading drug abuse. This is no time to be afraid; this is the time to fight.” He also cited a host of examples of nepotism in politics from RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav to SP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav and down south, besides the Badals. He said the country had two big “jumlebaaz” (false-promise-making) politicians, one was PM Narendra Modi and the other Sukhbir Singh Badal. “Sukhbir says he will run buses in on water, hold meetings on Mars!”

Jarnail counters ‘piao’ allegation, blames BJP

AAP’s Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh, in his speech, sought to debunk the SAD’s blame on the Kejriwal-led Delhi government for the demolition of piao (water kiosk) outside Gurdwara Sis Ganj in Delhi, underlining that the BJP ruled the municipal corporation of Delhi and the Modi government controlled the police in the capital. “All papers, minutes of the meeting, show that the Delhi government actually was never in favour of any such demolition. It’s the BJP that did it after court orders; even the SAD-controlled DSGMC did not argue in court against it.” He said the petition that led to the demolition had been filed by Manushi, an organisation run by Modi sympathiser Madhu Kishwar. “I challenge Parkash Singh Badal to ask his daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal to resign as central minister on the issue since SAD is a partner of the BJP.”

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Aarish Chhabra
Aarish Chhabra is an Associate Editor with the Hindustan Times online team, writing news reports and explanatory articles, besides overseeing coverage for the website. His career spans nearly two decades across India's most respected newsrooms in print, digital, and broadcast. He has reported, written, and edited across formats — from breaking news and live election coverage, to analytical long-reads and cultural commentary — building a body of work that reflects both editorial rigour and a deep curiosity about the society he writes for. Aarish studied English literature, sociology and history, besides journalism, at Panjab University, Chandigarh, and started his career in that city, eventually moving to Delhi. He is also the author of ‘The Big Small Town: How Life Looks from Chandigarh’, a collection of critical essays originally serialised as a weekly column in the Hindustan Times, examining the culture and politics of a city that is far more than its famous architecture — and, in doing so, holding up a mirror to modern India. In stints at the BBC, The Indian Express, NDTV, and Jagran New Media, he worked across formats and languages; mainly English, also Hindi and Punjabi. He was part of the crack team for the BBC Explainer project replicated across the world by the broadcaster. At Jagran, he developed editorial guides and trained journalists on integrity and content quality. He has also worked at the intersection of journalism and education. At the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, he developed a website that simplified academic research in management. At Bennett University's Times School of Media in Noida, he taught students the craft of digital journalism: from newsgathering and writing, to social media strategy and video storytelling. Having moved from a small town to a bigger town to a mega city for education and work, his intellectual passions lie at the intersection of society, politics, and popular culture — a perspective that informs both his writing and his view of the world. When not working, he is constantly reading long-form journalism or watching brainrot content, sometimes both at the same time.Read More

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