Ludhiana May 7:
Punjab Youth Congress activists, led by their president Ravneet Singh Bittu, ended their six-day hunger strike to press their demand for formation of a Drug Prevention Board.
Mr Bittu and 11 other activists ended their indefinite fast here this afternoon by taking fruit juice after Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sat Pal Gosain showed them an official letter promising to set up the proposed board within one-and-a-half months.
Though Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced to set up a Drug Prevention Board on May 4, Mr Bittu had insisted that the Youth Congress activists would continue their hunger strike till they got an official letter mentioning the timeframe by which the board would be constituted.
The Punjab Youth Congress activists, led by Mr Bittu, had begun their indefinite fast on May one. The Punjab Chief Minister, while making the announcement to set up Drug Prevention Board during his Sangat Darshan programme in Jagraon on May 4, had said the Board would ''wean away the state's youth from the menace of drug addiction in the state.'' The Board would effectively tackle the problem of drug addiction which was growing at alarming rate in the state, he said.
Punjab Youth Congress activists, led by their president Ravneet Singh Bittu, ended their six-day hunger strike to press their demand for formation of a Drug Prevention Board.
Mr Bittu and 11 other activists ended their indefinite fast here this afternoon by taking fruit juice after Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sat Pal Gosain showed them an official letter promising to set up the proposed board within one-and-a-half months.
Though Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced to set up a Drug Prevention Board on May 4, Mr Bittu had insisted that the Youth Congress activists would continue their hunger strike till they got an official letter mentioning the timeframe by which the board would be constituted.
The Punjab Youth Congress activists, led by Mr Bittu, had begun their indefinite fast on May one. The Punjab Chief Minister, while making the announcement to set up Drug Prevention Board during his Sangat Darshan programme in Jagraon on May 4, had said the Board would ''wean away the state's youth from the menace of drug addiction in the state.'' The Board would effectively tackle the problem of drug addiction which was growing at alarming rate in the state, he said.
