Chandigarh, July 17 -- AAP Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Friday criticised the Prime Minister's appeal for a "double engine government", alleging that Punjab had witnessed the consequences of such a government between 2014 and 2017, when, according to him, drug abuse and gangster culture had increased in the state.

"Their own minister brought drugs into Punjab. The Prime Minister cannot erase his so-called double-engine government's record by making political speeches," he added, as per a release.

Responding to the Prime Minister's remarks on drugs, AAP alleged that the BJP should first explain the repeated recovery of drugs through Mundra Port. The party claimed that instead of answering questions on the issue, the BJP was att...