The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the drug case involving Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia has been reconstituted.M.S. Chhina, IGP Patiala Range, will now head the SIT in place of Rahul S., .
“CM Mann must tell why scores of para military forces were used to project that a war was being waged against the country but the contours of the conspiracy had not been outlined till now,” said Daljit Singh Cheema.
Later, in a statement, he said, “It was shocking that scores of youth were being arrested indiscriminately merely on suspicion”. He termed the ongoing crackdown "extra-constitutional".
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has said his party will provide legal assistance to Sikhs arrested in the ongoing police crackdown and ensure their rights were not "trampled upon" by the Aam Aadmi Party government.
Shiromani Akali Dal legal wing president Arshdeep Singh Kler on Tuesday condemned the ruling Aam Aadmi Party Government for its step to close down rural dispensaries and transferring doctors and staff to the “mohalla clinics” being set up by the Punjab Government.