Alleging that Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria was attempting to help the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its leader Sukhbir Singh Badal regain political relevance ahead of a possible alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through a “march against drugs,” Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring questioned whether Kataria was trying to run the “Samjhauta Express.”“As the ‘anti-drug campaign unfolds’, it looks like CPR is being done on the dying SAD ahead of the assembly elections in the state,” he remarked.Reacting to Badal joining the foot march, Warring asked on ‘X’, “My humble question to Hon Punjab Governor Shri Ghulab Chand Kataria Ji is whether the march he is leading against drugs is actually a campaign against drugs or an attempt to run the ‘Samjhuta Express’ and prepare ground for forging Akali-BJP alliance in the state.”March against drugs or Samjhauta Express?My humble question to Hon Punjab Governor Shri Ghulab Chand Kataria Ji whether the march he is leading against drugs is actually a campaign against drugs or an attempt to run the ‘Samjhuta Express’ and prepare ground for forging… pic.twitter.com/RJMRnkAZxt— Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (@RajaBrar_INC) February 10, 2026“Before leading the march, did you raise the matter with the Union Home Ministry under whose jurisdiction the border security falls?” he asked the governor, while noting that the BSF jurisdiction has been expanded up to 50 kms inside the borders.Warring said, “While the AAP government has completely failed already, what is the central government doing to prevent the smuggling of drugs from across the border?”“I would request you to raise the matter with the Union Home Ministry before running the ‘Samjhauta Express’ for an Akali-BJP alliance in the name of an anti-drug march,” he urged the governor.Meanwhile, referring to the pictures of him and Badal together, “I must add, the pictures of the ‘march’ look too ‘nice’ to be overlooked for the obvious message they carry and convey”.
