Chandigarh, Oct. 19 -- union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend Dussehra celebrations at Daresi Ground in Ludhiana on Tuesday evening after meeting the families of three people who died while campaigning against drug abuse in Punjab, state BJP general secretary Anil Sareen said on Monday.
Shah's one-day visit comes amid growing political confrontation over the drug menace, with the BJP accusing the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of failing to curb trafficking and protect those speaking out against it.
Sareen said Shah would meet the families of Bikramjit Singh in Sri Hargobindpur Sahib in Batala, anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa, and Gulzar Singh in Toor Banjara village of Sangrur district.
"These th...