In Dhamian Kalan in the Sham Chaurasi constituency of Hoshiarpur district, Jasbir Singh speaks for many in the village: “If there has been any progress, it has only been for MLAs and ministers. In our village, only the drug trade has flourished, nothing else. One can buy nasha injections even from kirana shops. The drug peddlers know how and who to supply.”
In Chakowal Brahmana, Jeewan Chand echoes the sentiment. He says people do not need free sugar and ghee being promised by the SAD. “The drug supply will kill our children and the sugar and ghee will kill us. What does the government want?”
