India, Nov. 1 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Chandigarh visit comes amid rising drug menace, shootings, gangster violence and attacks on religious places in Punjab, ahead of 2027 Assembly elections.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Chandigarh on October 31, ahead of the November 1 Police Raising Day parade, against the backdrop of growing public anger over Punjab's drug crisis and deteriorating law and order situation. His visit came barely 11 days after his October 20 visit to Punjab, during which he met the families of three people whose deaths have been linked to the state's drug menace.

The October 20 visit was his third to poll-bound Punjab since March and his second in 20 days, following a September 30 rally in Jalandh...