Mohali, Sept. 27 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda Member Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday appealed to women in Punjab to unite and launch an 'andolan' to free the state from the drug menace.

Addressing a 'Maawan-Dheeyan Insaaf' rally here, Badal said, "The time has come to take things in our own hands if we are to save our sons and the coming generation. Let us counter this menace in the same way we opposed the three black agricultural laws and forced the Centre to take them back."

"Let us start 'thikri pehra' in our villages to send a clear message to the messengers of death and the AAP leaders-police nexus that the women of Punjab have woken up. Enough is enough and we won't let drugs be sold in our streets ...