Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that major action will be taken against 60 government officials and employees involved in chitta smuggling after the assembly session ends. The government will bring the Anti Drug Act in the house in this session itself. Action will be taken under the new law as soon as this act is implemented.
Action will also be taken against politicians, officials and others who recommend saving the culprits. The government has done complete mapping of drug addicts at the Panchayat level. Now a campaign will be run to get them out of addiction. Mapping will also be done in many educational institutions including schools and colleges, Who is involved in chitta smuggling, who is doing this.
Information about this will be collected. It was also announced to include lessons on drug awareness in the curriculum of schools and colleges. The Chief Minister also accused the previous government of not strictly following the Pit NDPS Act. Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur objected to this.
On Wednesday, there was a lot of uproar during the Question Hour in the Vidhan Sabha regarding chitta. BJP MLA DS Thakur said that those caught with one gram of chitta should not get bail. Congress MLA Malendra Rajan said that police staff should be changed in those areas where chitta cases have increased.