Chandigarh, Oct. 24 -- Punjab BJP leader Kewal Singh Dhillon on Saturday accused the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of failing to effectively use stringent anti-narcotics legislation, claiming that sustained pressure from the BJP and union Home Minister Amit Shah had forced the state to strengthen enforcement under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act.
Dhillon said the Punjab government's October 21 notification delegating preventive detention powers to senior police officers had come only after Shah publicly questioned the state's record in invoking the legislation against suspected drug traffickers.
The PIT-NDPS Act provides for preventive detention of persons...