Overview

• Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced that affluent ‘Jarnails’ who financed narcotics rings have been jailed with promises of exemplary punishment
• The Yudh Nasheyan Virudh operation has arrested major traffickers and claims to have disrupted key drug supply networks
• For the first time, properties illegally acquired by drug smugglers are being confiscated or demolished under state orders
• Mann dedicated ₹350 crore to new roads and libraries in Amritsar and unveiled plans for a ₹3,500 crore, 19,000-kilometre rural link road network
• The chief minister criticized New Delhi’s withholding of ₹6,000 crore in Rural Development Fund allocations for Punjab