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Punjab’s AAP Government Marks Arrest of Top Drug Lord and Launches Rural Road Drive

The ceremony highlighted governance gains reflecting improved school outcomes alongside expanded utility services for farmers

Overview

  • AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann used the Udham Singh memorial event in Sunam to announce the detention of Punjab’s most notorious drug lord.
  • Kejriwal said ongoing anti-drug operations have dismantled key smuggling networks and resulted in multiple high-profile arrests.
  • He credited the administration with an “education revolution” characterized by rising government school results and increased admission of underprivileged students into premier institutions.
  • The government has extended eight-hour daytime electricity supply and ensured canal water delivery to tail-end villages for the first time.
  • Leaders laid the foundation stone for ₹85 crore of local infrastructure works and revealed a September start for a 20,000-kilometer rural road construction program.