India, Nov. 4 -- Sounding the poll bugle for the Congress from chief minister Bhagwant Mann's home turf, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over drugs, gangster violence, and farmers' issues. He declared that Punjab was being run from Delhi and called for a Congress government that works for the state.

Addressing the party's Insaaf Rally at Phaguwala village in Sangrur district, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha targeted the AAP government's unfulfilled promises ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.

"People need a government that works for Punjab-not like AAP, which is run from Delhi," Gandhi said.

He made the drug menace a central plank of his attack, recalling that he had...