"Favouring drug mafia is absolutely uncalled for": AAP leader Somnath Bharti slams Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 19 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti on Wednesday condemned Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh for opposing the Punjab government's bulldozer action against drug lords in Punjab, calling his statement completely uncalled for.
In a post on X, Bharti said, "Harbhajan_singh ji, learnt that you have opposed bulldozer action of AAP's Punjab Govt against Drug Lords who have destroyed youth of Punjab-future of Punjab. These drug lords have ruined lacs of families, they have trampled dreams of old aged parents, they have put on fire dreams of newly wedded girls and you are favouring them? Your statement favouring drug mafia is absolutely uncalled for on the following three counts."

@harbhajan_singh ji, learnt that you have opposed bulldozer action of AAP’s Punjab Govt against Drug Lords who have destroyed youth of Punjab-future of Punjab. These drug lords have ruined lacs of families, they have trampled dreams of old aged parents, they have put on fire…

— Somnath Bharti (@attorneybharti) March 19, 2025

Reportedly the former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has said that action should be taken against drug peddlers...but homes should not be demolished.
The AAP leader pointed out that Harbhajan Singh's statement is wrong as these drug lords have destroyed the spirituality of the land and converted it into the land of drugs.
"These drug lords have destroyed the land of our revered Gurus. Land of spirituality has been converted to the Land of Drugs and the ones who are responsible for this must be punished severely," Bharti said on X.
He further condemned Harbhajan's statement saying that as a youth icon, he should be saying and doing things to save the youth of Punjab.
"You are a youth icon and you should be seen saying and doing things to save the youth of youth of Punjab but your statement reflects otherwise," Somnath Bharti said.
Bharti added, "Saying anything to the contrary of the public statements or actions of the party, our leaders and our Governments should be strictly avoided. There is enough democracy in my party and you should have opted to voice any such thing before the leadership and not in public." (ANI)