Channi govt does not have courage to arrest Majithia: AAP leader Kejriwal
The Hindu
"It took them five years to register an FIR."
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday targeted the Congress government in Punjab, alleging that it is not being able to arrest SAD leader who has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Taking on the Charanjit Singh Channi-led regime, Mr. Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the main opposition party in Punjab, said the state government does not have the courage to arrest the former Punjab minister.
Mr. Majithia has been booked under the on the basis of a 2018 report of a probe into a drug racket in the state.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.