Ludhiana, May 1 (IANS) Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) activists Sunday started a hunger strike here against drug abuse, particularly among youth.
State Youth Congress president and MP Ravneet Singh Bittu led the first batch of 50 activists.
While Bittu will continue his fast indefinitely, other activists will sit on hunger strike for 24 hours in batches of 50, according to a statement.
Bittu demanded the formation of a drug prevention board to be headed by a retired high court judge to lay down stringent laws to punish drug-peddlers.
He said a committee of the state assembly should monitor the steps taken by the government against drug abuse.
‘We will continue the hunger strike till the Punjab government commits to give a time frame to eradicate the use of synthetic drugs from the state,’ said Bittu, a grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
Bittu, who had walked 1,700 km for 45 days this year against drug abuse and female foeticide, said the Akali Dal-led government in Punjab was indifferent to these social evils.
