India, May 26 -- Singer Honey Singh, who has been vocal about his years-long struggle with addiction to alcohol and cannabis, met senior BJP leader Tarun Chugh as they together sought to send out a message against drugs ahead of the Punjab assembly elections due by early 2027.

"I came to Tarun ji today to share with him what is happening to Punjab, especially because of 'chitta' (heroin)," Honey Singh, whose stage name carries the prefix 'Yo Yo', said, speaking in Punjabi.

A Delhi resident with roots in Punjab, Honey Singh further said in a video he posted with Chugh, "So many families are being ruined, the entire youth is being ruined. We were thinking about how to distance Punjab from 'chitta' in any way possible, and Sir is already w...