Sukhjinder Randhawa questions Home Minister Amit Shah on border security, drugs and gangsterism

Chandigarh, September 30, 2026: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and Member of Parliament Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa launched a series of questions at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his visit to Jalandhar, saying that despite writing letters from Delhi on serious issues concerning Punjab, he received no response. He said that since Amit Shah is now in Punjab, he should answer the questions that have remained unresolved for a long time before delivering political speeches.
On Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s deadline to make Punjab drug-free by December 31, 2029, Randhawa said that Punjab does not need another promise or deadline. Before announcing a new deadline, the Centre should also answer the country about drug trafficking and seizures in BJP-ruled states. According to government records, more than 2,988 kg of heroin was seized at Gujarat’s Mundra Port in 2021, while 205.6 kg of heroin was seized at Kandla Port and a consignment of heroin-coated yarn was intercepted at Pipavav. At Maharashtra’s Nhava Sheva Port, a seizure of 293 kg of heroin was also recorded.
Randhawa said that the BJP is undertaking a ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab’ (Drug-Free Punjab) Yatra in Punjab, but the state needs concrete action and results on the ground rather than slogans and political yatras. The Union Home Minister should explain, during his visit to Punjab, what the Centre has done and what it plans to do to dismantle the supply lines through which drugs and weapons are being smuggled into Punjab from across the border.
Randhawa said, “If you genuinely care about Punjab, take strict action, break the supply lines along the border, bring back the handlers based abroad and deliver results to Punjab. But if your visit to Punjab is limited to a political tour and speeches, then I wish you a pleasant journey.”
Randhawa seeks answers from Amit Shah on these questions:
* When the BSF is responsible for securing the international border, why has the supply chain bringing drugs and weapons into Punjab through drones from across the border not been completely dismantled? Why do incidents involving drones crossing the border and the delivery of drugs and weapons into Punjab continue to occur?
* What are the ground-level results of the work being undertaken by the Central Government on anti-drone technology? How effective has the technology deployed along the border proved to be, and by when will the entire border belt receive effective anti-drone coverage?
* What is the Central Government’s strategy against gangster networks operating from inside Punjab’s prisons and from abroad, involved in extortion, killings and organised crime? What concrete action has been taken so far to bring gangsters and their handlers based abroad back to India, and how far has this process progressed?
* Figures have emerged showing that more than 100 kg of heroin was seized from Punjab’s border districts in September alone. If central agencies have surveillance and security mechanisms in place along the border, how is this poison still making its way deep into Punjab? Will the Central Government merely count seizure figures, or will it also dismantle the entire supply chain and the networks operating behind it?
* What concrete steps has the Central Government taken to trace the networks and foreign handlers behind grenade attacks on police stations, police posts and other locations? Which networks are behind these attacks, who is financing them, and when will central agencies reach their foreign handlers?
* How far has the action to bring back gangsters and their handlers based abroad progressed? Does the Central Government have a time-bound strategy to bring such criminals back to India, or will this issue too remain limited to political speeches?
* What is the Centre’s roadmap for further strengthening coordination among the BSF, NIA, central intelligence agencies and Punjab Police against drugs, weapons and organised crime? Has any joint and time-bound strategy been prepared in this regard? If so, when will its results be placed before the people of Punjab?