Jalandhar, June 11 -- Highlighting the sports personalities and sports equipment manufacturing industries in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Wednesday that his government would "wash away the stigma of drugs" from the state through sports.

He was speaking to the media here after flagging off, along with Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, a shipment of rugby balls to London from Jalandhar.

"Today, a shipment of 25,000 rugby balls has been sent to London from here in Jalandhar... The Rugby World Cup has been played with rugby balls made in Jalandhar. The Cricket World Cup has been played with bats and balls made in Jalandhar... Even during the election campaign, Arvind Kejriwal said that Jalandhar should be established a...