New Delhi, May 13 -- Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday slammed the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the death of 14 people due to consumption of illicit liquor in Amritsar's Majitha block.

Taking to social media X, Bittu in a post wrote that the state government's 'Yudh Nasheyan De Virudh' campaign was just a 'political theatre', further alleging that the CM himself had a history with alcohol.

"14 dead in Majitha -- families shattered by spurious liquor, while the @BhagwantManngovernment remains in deep slumber.Their so-called "Yudh Nasheyan De Virudh" is nothing but political theatre.

When the Chief Minister himself has a history with alcohol, how can the fight against addiction ever be sincere?" the post read.

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