Bathinda, Sept. 21 -- BJP MP Tarun Chugh on Monday alleged that drugs, referred to as "chitta", were being sold across Punjab and claimed that people raising their voices against the drug trade were being targeted, while reacting to the incident involving Sangrur youth Jagga Singh consuming poison outside the Deputy Commissioner's office.

Speaking to the Media, Chugh said, "In every street, every market, every neighbourhood, and every village, 'chitta' is being sold. 'Chitta' is being sold like lollipops. If anyone speaks up, they are tortured, beaten, harassed, and forced to commit suicide."

He alleged that whistleblowers who inform the government about the alleged sale of drugs were being targeted and questioned why action was not bei...