<p><strong>Jalandhar&comma; March 29 &vert;<&sol;strong> The links of controversial former MLA Sheetal Angural&comma; who has recently joined BJP&comma; with kingpin of international drug racket has created major embarrassment and headache for the saffron party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police had recently busted this international drug racket which used to supply the opium to various countries through courier service&period; The kingpin of this racket has been identified as Jalandhar based youth Manish alias Mani Thakur who is based in UK&period; Sources said that Sheetal&comma; who was elected as AAP MLA in 2022&comma; had tried to exert pressure on Commissioner of Police Jalandhar Swapan Sharma to drop charges against his friend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; when the upright officer had refused to oblige him&comma; Angural had approached the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant singh Mann for his intervention into the matter&period; But the Chief Minister had rebuked Angural and apprised him about zero tolerance policy against drug smugglers and their sympathisers&period; Highly placed sources said that miffed over the matter Angural had bid good bye to AAP and joined BJP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; with pics of Sheetal Angural and Mani Thakur making rounds on social media it is creating major embarrassment for the saffron party&period; Sources said that the party is on fix about stance to be adopted over the issue which may snow ball into a major issue in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls&period; It may be recalled that Sheetal Angural is not new to controversy as several cases under serious charges have been registered against him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5&period;1 --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad96551 " id&equals;"quads-ad96551" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 3px 3px 3px&semi;padding&colon;0px 0px 0px 0px&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;<amp-ad layout&equals;"fixed" width&equals;300 height&equals;250 type&equals;"adsense" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-1861488811465739" data-ad-slot&equals;"6110719604"><&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;p>&NewLine;