Chandigarh, May 19 -- The Punjab government has reinstated two senior Vigilance Bureau officers , months after suspending them over alleged corruption charges. In a move that drew sharp political criticism, the government also declared their suspension period as "duty time."

Congress leader and Punjab Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa has questioned the government's intentions behind the entire episode.

He said, "First, the AAP Punjab government in Punjab suspended senior Vigilance Bureau officers, claiming a crackdown on corruption. Now, they're reinstated in the same posts, and the suspension period is not even counted. Both decisions can't be right."

Bajwa went further and alleged that the suspension may have been politi...