Sangrur, Sept. 29 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of betraying the people of Punjab and escalating the state's drug and alcohol issues.

Speaking to reporters in Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's constituency, Sangrur, on Monday, Badal said that the region had been brought into disrepute during Mann's tenure as an MP after ties had been drawn between the Sangrur representative and the liquor trade.

"We are at the Chief Minister's constituency. This is the very Chief Minister who brought disrepute to the whole of Punjab and the Sangrur region in particular because the name of the Sangrur MP was linked to the liquor trade, and we had to endure this stigma during his tenure... T...