Chandigarh, May 16 -- Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Friday addressed a press conference, raising concerns over rising deaths due to substance abuse in Punjab, particularly in Amritsar, and held the state government accountable for the worsening situation.

Speaking to the media, Aujla said, "The main issue of today's press conference is that children in Punjab are dying due to drugs. I became an MP in 2017. Even in 2018, many children were dying due to injection-based drug use, and I had raised my voice back then."

He further said that he had written multiple letters to the Punjab government and the administration in 2022 and 2023, warning them of the deepening crisis.

Referring to the recent suspected spurious liquor-related death...