For years, Bikramjit Singh Majithia appeared untouchable, a senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader, brother-in-law to Sukhbir Badal, and a political heavyweight nestled deep within Punjab’s most influential corridors of power. But in June 2025, that illusion crumbled. In a stunning crackdown, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau raided 25 locations linked to Majithia, including his Amritsar residence. What they uncovered was staggering: laptops, mobile phones, land deeds, hawala records, and ₹540 crore in assets, allegedly built on a foundation of drug money and destruction, an aftermath of the Punjab drug crisis.
But this wasn’t a sudden revelation. The warning signs had been there for over a decade. They were simply ignored.
Back in 2013, disgraced DSP Jagdish Bhola—later convicted in a ₹6,000 crore synthetic drug case- publicly accused Majithia of enabling trafficking through political cover. He wasn’t alone. Senior officers in the Enforcement Directorate and the Punjab Police repeatedly flagged Majithia’s name. Yet, nothing happened. Evidence vanished. Files were buried. Whistleblowers were silenced. The machinery of justice was hijacked by political masters, and the truth was muzzled under layers of impunity.
Even when former MLAs courageously testified that Majithia had introduced them to drug kingpins like Satta, Pindi, and Bittoo Aulakh, no one in power blinked. The first FIR? It came in 2021, eight years late and conveniently focused only on property, not narcotics. In those lost years, the silence was deafening. And the cost? Unbearable.
While powerful men debated legalities, Punjab’s youth bled quietly.
Addiction seeped into homes, classrooms, and fields. One in five Punjabi youth is now believed to be trapped in the grip of substance abuse. Entire families uprooted themselves in desperation. Hospitals overflowed with overdose victims. Crime surged. Hope evaporated. Under SAD-BJP rule, drugs didn’t merely pass through Punjab; they became embedded in its soil, its streets, its stories.
And all the while, those allegedly responsible built empires.
Majithia calls his arrest a political vendetta. His party claims the assets are ancestral. But the evidence speaks louder: digital trails, witness testimonies, ED and STF reports—all converging on a single, undeniable truth. This wasn’t a smear campaign. It was long-suppressed accountability finally finding oxygen.
This case is no longer about one man. It is about a state’s moment of reckoning. The question is not just who will be punished, but whether Punjab dares to confront its rot.
We need a full forensic audit across Punjab, Himachal, Assam, and beyond. We need fast, independent trials, free from political influence. We need to break the nexus between traffickers, officers, politicians, and profiteers. And most urgently, we need to heal: with rehabilitation, support systems, and justice for the families who’ve suffered in silence.
Majithia’s fall is not just his undoing; it is a mirror reflecting decades of betrayal. For too long, Punjab’s pain has been politicized, marginalized, and normalized. But now, the truth is piercing through.
To the People of Punjab:
This is your story. Your fight. Your grief. For years, you have buried your sons, seen your daughters lose direction, and felt your homes hollowed out by a crisis that was never accidental, but orchestrated.
You were not mistaken. You were not weak. You were unheard.
But now, the lies are falling apart. The system is being forced to reckon with its complicity. And your voice, the voice of Punjab, is finally rising above the silence.
Do not let anger turn to despair. Let it become a force for justice. For reform. For leadership rooted in truth, not legacy.
Punjab has overcome invasions, partitions, and poverty, and it will overcome this betrayal too. But it must begin now. With courage. With clarity. With collective demand.
Stay vigilant. Stay united. Keep asking the questions that matter:
Who protected the guilty? And who will now protect us?
You are not alone. You never were. Let this not be another forgotten scandal. Let this be the moment Punjab begins to heal.
