Ludhiana, Sept. 26 -- Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon on Friday said the party would work to eradicate drugs from Punjab, comparing the challenge with what he described as the party's handling of Naxalism and gangsterism elsewhere in the country. Speaking during a press conference in Ludhiana, Dhillon appealed to people to unite against drug abuse. The BJP's ongoing 'Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra' began in Punjab on September 18 and will cover all 117 assembly constituencies before culminating in Jalandhar on September 30. Dhillon alleged that the Punjab government had failed to deliver on its claims of eliminating drugs. Seventeen families from Ludhiana and Jagraon who lost their loved ones because of drug abuse attended the event. Factional friction within the BJP's Amritsar North unit surfaced as former Rajya Sabha member Shwait Malik, Halqa in-charge Sukhminder Singh Pintu and city president Salil Kapoor got down from the lead vehicle after a face-off with supporters of party leader Akshay Sharma. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who flagged off the yatra, lashed out at the AAP government over the drug issue and said once the "double-engine" government is formed in the state after the assembly polls, decisive steps will be taken to make the state drug-free. BJP leaders faced a protest by farmer-union members during the yatra at Sultanpur village in Dhuri constituency. Farmers showed black flags and raised issues over non-stoppage of trains at their village and cases against farmers. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leader Jarnail Singh called the yatra a political exercise....