CM Sai to attend digital justice workshop and anti-drug campaign launch in Raipur
Synopsis
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai will attend a state-level digital justice workshop on the new criminal laws and launch a youth anti-drug campaign in Raipur on 2 August 2026, linking legal modernisation with the Viksit Bharat@2047 development vision.
Key Takeaways
CM Vishnu Deo Sai will attend two events in Raipur on 2 August 2026 : a digital justice workshop and an anti-drug campaign launch.
The workshop focuses on implementing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam , which replaced colonial-era laws from 1 July 2024 .
The Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan links youth drug-prevention efforts to the central government's Viksit Bharat@2047 vision.
The campaign builds on the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2020 .
Chhattisgarh joins other BJP-governed states in running coordinated drives to operationalise the new criminal laws' digital provisions, including electronic FIRs and evidence handling.
Two parallel missions converge in Raipur on Sunday, 2 August 2026 — and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is placing the state squarely at the centre of both. The Chief Minister announced he will attend the State Level Workshop on Strengthening Digital Justice Through New Criminal Laws and the launch of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan — two programmes that together frame law enforcement modernisation and youth welfare as twin pillars of Chhattisgarh's governance agenda.
In his post, CM Sai said these events will play 'an important role in effectively implementing the new criminal laws and connecting youth to the resolve of building a drug-free, aware and developed India.'
New criminal laws meet digital infrastructure in Chhattisgarh
The workshop centres on the three landmark statutes that replaced colonial-era law from 1 July 2024 — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, which supplanted the IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act respectively. Parliament passed all three in December 2023, and states have since been racing to operationalise their technology-forward provisions — digital FIRs, electronic evidence handling, and time-bound trial mandates. A state-level workshop signals that Chhattisgarh is now pushing that implementation deeper into its police and judiciary machinery.Youth, drugs, and the Viksit Bharat promise
Running alongside is the launch of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan — a youth-focused anti-drug drive that plugs directly into the central government's Viksit Bharat@2047 development vision. The campaign draws lineage from the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2020, which has been progressively scaled across states. Framing drug-free youth as a prerequisite for national development has become a consistent theme in BJP-governed states, and Sunday's launch in Raipur fits that coordinated pattern.Raipur as a coordination node
Hosting both events on the same day in the state capital is itself a signal — Chhattisgarh is positioning Raipur as a hub for rolling out centrally-designed but state-executed reform programmes. For police officers, prosecutors, and judges in the hall, the workshop is a practical briefing on navigating the new legal architecture. For the youth campaign, the launch sets a public pledge in motion that the state machinery will now be expected to track. Watch whether Chhattisgarh follows with state-specific guidelines or a monitoring framework for either initiative — that will be the real measure of intent beyond the announcement.Point of View
Attending both events on the same day is a deliberate signal that Chhattisgarh is an active implementation partner, not a passive recipient, of central reform mandates. The real political test will come in execution: whether the workshop translates into measurable digital-justice capacity on the ground, and whether the anti-drug campaign builds institutional momentum or remains a launch-day headline.
NationPress
2 Aug 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the State Level Workshop on Strengthening Digital Justice in Chhattisgarh about?
The workshop in Raipur focuses on the effective implementation of the three new criminal laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — which replaced the IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act from 1 July 2024, with emphasis on digital tools like electronic FIRs and evidence handling.
What is the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan?
It is a youth-focused anti-drug campaign being launched in Chhattisgarh that connects drug-prevention goals with the central government's Viksit Bharat@2047 development vision, building on the national Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan started in 2020.
When and where are these events being held?
Both events are scheduled in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, on Sunday, 2 August 2026.
What are the new criminal laws replacing the IPC and CrPC?
Parliament passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (replacing the IPC), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (replacing the CrPC), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (replacing the Indian Evidence Act) in December 2023; all three came into force on 1 July 2024.
Why is Chhattisgarh holding workshops on the new criminal laws?
Indian states are required to train police, prosecutors, and judiciary officials on the technology-enabled provisions of the new laws, and state-level workshops are a standard mechanism for that capacity-building across BJP-governed states.
