Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Sept. 18 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday launched a 4,000-km anti-drug campaign across Punjab, covering all 117 Assembly constituencies, amid heightened political tensions following an alleged attack on senior party leader Ravneet Singh Bittu's convoy hours before the campaign began.
BJP national president Nitin Nabin flagged off the first "Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra" from Madhopur in Pathankot district, beginning a 13-day campaign that will culminate in Jalandhar on September 30. union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address the concluding rally, according to the party.
The BJP has planned four separate yatras beginning from Pathankot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka and Talwandi Sabo. Together, they will tra...