Video leaves Punjab ministers red-faced, PR officials hauled up

Chandigarh: Two public relations officials in the Punjab government are in trouble for releasing a video clip that showed some ministers bantering about drug abuse, before a cabinet meeting was to begin.

The clip was apparently meant to be sent out muted, capturing the scene just ahead of the meeting on December 2.

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But what was uploaded carried the audio as well, leaving the state government red-faced.

Substance abuse is a major problem in the state and the Congress had promised elimination of drug trafficking within weeks of coming to power during the last assembly poll campaign.

In the clip, a couple of ministers were heard referring to drugs as medicine and talking about their benefits in a lighter vein.

The officials from the Punjab Information and Public Relations Department have been asked to explain their conduct.

"Two officials of the PR department have been charge-sheeted for sharing the unmuted video," a senior official said on Thursday.

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(PTI)