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On October 20, 2026, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will meet families of those who lost their lives —in Mansa, Sangrur and Gurdaspur— for speaking against ‘chitta’ (synthetic drug) traders in Punjab

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Date18 October 2026 (Sunday)
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On October 20, 2026, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will meet families of those who lost their lives —in Mansa, Sangrur and Gurdaspur— for speaking against 'chitta' (synthetic drug) traders in Punjab.

Writing on the X platform, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah said the Punjab government has left no stone unturned in pushing the state into an abyss of drug abuse, leaving many families to mourn the loss of their children. He said the grief these families are going through cannot be expressed in words. According to him, efforts to silence those speaking out against this dark drug trade will never succeed, and the people of the state will give a fitting reply. Shri Shah said the Government of India will hunt down those involved in the 'chitta' trade and put them behind bars, making sure that Punjab, along with the entire country, is fully freed from this drug menace.

आप-दा सरकार ने पंजाब को नशे के गर्त में धकेलने में कोई कोर-कसर नहीं छोड़ी है, जिसके कारण अनेक परिवारों को अपने बच्चों को खोना पड़ा है। AAP सरकार के संरक्षण में फल-फूल रहे चिट्टा कारोबारियों के खिलाफ आवाज उठाने वाले जिन लोगों को हाल ही में अपना जीवन गँवाना पड़ा, मंगलवार (20 अक्टूबर) को उनके परिजनों से मानसा, संगरूर व गुरदासपुर में मिलूँगा। इन परिवारों ने जो खोया है, उस दुःख को शब्दों में बयान नहीं किया जा सकता। नशे के इस काले कारोबार के खिलाफ उठने वाली आवाजों को दबाने की कोशिश कभी सफल नहीं होगी और प्रदेशवासी इसका मुँहतोड़ जवाब देंगे। भारत सरकार चिट्टा कारोबारियों को चुन-चुनकर जेल की सलाखों के पीछे भेजेगी और पंजाब सहित पूरे देश को नशे के इस कारोबार से मुक्त बनाकर रहेगी।

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