Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah participates in Vijayadashami festival in Ludhiana, Punjab, and performs burning of the symbolic Ravana of ‘Chitta’

Ministry of Home Affairs Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah participates in Vijayadashami festival in Ludhiana, Punjab, and performs burning of the symbolic Ravana of ‘Chitta’ I have been hearing since childhood that if one wants to see Ravana Dahan, one should go to Ludhiana, where the Ramlila Committee has been organising the programme for 200 years At three places in Punjab, Home Minister met families who had lost their sons in the fight against drugs Tears in the eyes of relatives, their questions, and their pain are enough to shake anyone to the core Punjab government has handed over the probe of one murder to the CBI; it should also hand over the investigation of the remaining two murders to the CBI Once the investigation is handed over to the CBI, no matter how big a person is involved in these murders, the Modi government will track them down and put them behind bars On Vijayadashami, we take this resolve that by 31 December 2029 we will free the entire Punjab from the drug trade and make it a drug-free Punjab If the people of Punjab provide information about the drug trade on the Narcotics Control Bureau’s toll-free helpline, the Modi government will take action on it The Modi government has a record of fulfilling what it has saidArticle 370 and 35A are gone, terrorism is on the verge of being eliminated, and we have ended Naxalism, now we will also eliminate the drug menace

Posted On: 20 OCT 2026 7:47PM by PIB Delhi Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah today participated in the Vijayadashami festival in Ludhiana, Punjab, and performed the burning of the symbolic Ravana of ‘Chitta’ (Drugs).

In his address, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah said that in our tradition, the burning of Ravana’s effigy is a symbol of the victory of good over evil. Vijayadashami is the day for every person to eliminate the ego, pride, greed and other evils within themselves. On this very day, thousands of years ago, Lord Shri Ram achieved victory over Ravana, and since then the entire world has been celebrating Lord Shri Ram’s victory as the triumph of good over evil. He said that he has heard since childhood that if you want to see Ravana Dahan, go to Ludhiana, where the Ramlila Committee has been organising the Ravana Dahan programme for 200 years.

Shri Amit Shah said that today he met families at three places in Punjab who had lost their sons in the fight against drugs. He said that the tears in the eyes of those relatives, their questions, and their pain are enough to shake anyone to the core. Shri Shah said that the Punjab government has handed over the investigation of one murder to the CBI. He urged the Punjab government to hand over the investigation of the remaining two murders to the CBI as well. The Home Minister expressed confidence that justice will be done in thesecases. Once the investigation is handed over to the CBI, no matter how big a person is involved in these murders, the Modi government will track them down and put them behind bars.

Union Home Minister said that on this Vijayadashami itself, we take this resolve that by 31 December 2029 we will free the entire Punjab from the drug trade and make it a drug-free Punjab. He said that there can be no greater tribute than this to these three brave individuals who lost their lives. Shri Shah said that if the people of Punjab provide information about the drug trade on the Narcotics Control Bureau’s toll-free helpline, the Modi government will take action on it.

Shri Amit Shah said that the Modi government has a record of fulfilling what it has promised. Article 370 and 35A are gone, terrorism is on the verge of being eliminated, and we have ended Naxalism. He said that now we will also eliminate the drug trade.

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