India, March 31 -- justify;">Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal of enabling the drug trade in Punjab during their time in power, as he sought to counter recent remarks by Union home minister Amit Shah on making the state drug-free. Addressing a press interaction in New Delhi, Kejriwal said the issue of drugs in Punjab had deepened under previous governments and remained a matter of public concern.

His remarks came about two weeks after Shah, speaking at a political rally in Moga, said that nearly 45% of heroin smuggling in India was linked to Punjab and asserted that only a BJP government could eliminate the trade. Shah had said that if voted to power in the state, the ...