Harsimrat Badal accused Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in the Lok Sabha of ‘running the state by drinking alcohol’. Chandigarh News – Times of India

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal Rained heavily on the Chief Minister of Punjab on Tuesday Bhagwant Mann while speaking in Parliament and said that he was “running the state after drinking.”
Speaking on the growing menace of illegal drugs and liquor in Punjab, he said, “The whole House knows that the present Chief Minister of Punjab used to sit in that corner a few months back. Sir (Speaker), I challenge you to get details from you.” Do it. How many complaints did the previous Speaker get from the MPs sitting close to Mann to change seats.” He further said, “CM who used to come. Parliament He is now running the state in a state of intoxication at 11 am.”
Harsimrat said, “If the CM is like this, you can imagine what will be the condition of the state. We find ‘Don’t drink and drive’ written on the roads but he is running the state after drinking alcohol.”
While she was making this statement, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Seen laughing with other MPs and Speaker About Birla Smiling.
The Bathinda MP also said that Mann has brought disrepute to the state even after being removed from the post. lufthansa airline While coming back from Frankfurt because he was too drunk he could not stand on his feet. He also said that it is unfortunate that the investigation into the episode as promised by the Union Aviation Minister has been put on the backburner.
The Akali MP said that with the rise of narco-terrorism during the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rule along with the drug mafia-politician nexus in Punjab today, it has the potential to destroy not only Punjab but also the country. Harimarat said that AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal had promised to wipe out drugs in 10 days before the 2022 assembly elections, but in the last nine months the drug menace is destabilizing Punjab and posing a threat to national security . He said that drugs are being smuggled into Punjab along with weapons and narco-terrorism has risen in Punjab and now for the first time RPG attacks are being witnessed.
He also recalled how the apex court had pulled up the Punjab government for filing a handful of chargesheets despite registering 31,000 drug-related FIRs. He said that it is also a matter of concern that Punjab is becoming number one as far as drug trafficking in the state is concerned.