Massive Ravana effigy torched as Amit Shah pledges narco- free Punjab
Chandigarh, October 20: Union Home Minister Amit Shah burned a 121-foot-tall effigy of Ravana in Ludhiana, the industrial capital of Punjab, on the occasion of Dussehra on Tuesday. With this, Amit Shah pledged to the people of Punjab to build a drug-free Punjab.
Addressing the event at Daresi Ground in Ludhiana, Amit Shah said that effigies have been burned here for the past 200 years. Each time, the effigies, symbolizing evil, are dedicated to a burning issue. This time, along with the effigy of Ravana, a pledge was taken to eradicate drug addiction. Burning the effigy of Ravana, Amit Shah described it as a symbol of the eradication of the evil of drug addiction.
Amit Shah urged the thousands of people present at the event to pledge their role in creating a drug-free Punjab and urged the people of Punjab to launch a mass movement against drug abuse. The central government will provide all possible assistance for this. He said that wherever drug trafficking is discovered, a complaint should be filed on the Narcotics Control Bureau’s helpline. If the Punjab government does not take action, the central government will take direct action. The people of Punjab need not fear this matter. On Dussehra in 2029, the effigy of drugs will be burned in every district.
