{"id":13107,"date":"2026-05-27T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/jassi-slams-bjp-for-naming-honey-singh-as-anti-drug-face-chandigarh-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:57:04","slug":"jassi-slams-bjp-for-naming-honey-singh-as-anti-drug-face-chandigarh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/jassi-slams-bjp-for-naming-honey-singh-as-anti-drug-face-chandigarh-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face | Chandigarh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131342641,imgsize-36128,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/jassi-slams-bjp-for-naming-honey-singh-as-anti-drug-face.jpg\" alt=\"Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face\" title=\"Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face\">Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHANDIGARH: Punjabi singer and actor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jasbir-jassi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Jasbir Jassi<\/a>, of &#8216;Dil Lai Gayi Kudi Gujarat Di&#8217; fame, on Tuesday said the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BJP<\/a> either &#8220;does not understand <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/punjab\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Punjab<\/a> or is deliberately trying to taunt it.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>His remarks came after the party roped in rapper and music composer <!-- -->Honey Singh<!-- --> as a &#8220;brand ambassador&#8221; for its anti-drug campaign in Punjab.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>In a post on X, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh referred to a meeting with &#8216;<!-- -->Yo Yo Honey Singh<!-- -->&#8216;, saying they had &#8220;meaningful discussions on the resolve to make Punjab drug-free.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Sharing photos of the meeting, Chugh wrote, &#8220;If Honey Singh can make a comeback, then the youth of Punjab can also make a fresh start. Let us all come together and take a pledge to make Punjab drug-free.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>In another post, Chugh and Honey Singh were seen holding glasses-apparently filled with milk or lassi-with the message: &#8220;Drink milk, yoghurt, lassi and stay away from intoxicants &#8211; a message for the young generation.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Reacting strongly, Jassi posted a video on X, saying he was saddened to see &#8220;people who threw Punjab and its youth into the darkness of drugs being presented as saviours.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>He added, &#8220;To me, this means one of two things: either you do not understand Punjab at all, or you are deliberately trying to taunt it. There seems to be no third possibility.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Honey Singh has earlier admitted in interviews that he struggled with drug addiction at the peak of his career and took years to recover.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/jassi-slams-bjp-for-naming-honey-singh-as-anti-drug-face\/articleshow\/131342565.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jassi slams BJP for naming Honey Singh as anti-drug face CHANDIGARH: Punjabi singer and actor Jasbir Jassi, of &#8216;Dil Lai Gayi Kudi Gujarat Di&#8217; fame, on Tuesday said the BJP either &#8220;does not understand Punjab or is deliberately trying to taunt it.&#8221;His remarks came after the party roped in rapper and music composer Honey Singh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}