India, Nov. 4 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today sounded the poll bugle for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, launching a scathing attack on the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the drug menace, gangster violence, farmers' concerns and alleged failure to fulfil electoral promises. Addressing the party's 'Insaaf Rally' at Phaguwala village in Sangrur district, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's home turf, Gandhi accused the AAP government of failing Punjab and alleged that the state was being run from Delhi.

Making 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) a central issue in his address, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the drug menace had worsened despite the AAP's promises to eradicate it. Recalling that he had raised con...