India, April 8 -- Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday demanded the resignation of chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and state director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav following the grenade attack on the house of senior party leader and former minister Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar.

Addressing a press conference after visiting Kalia's house, Jakhar, who was accompanied Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, held both CM Mann and DGP Yadav accountable for the grenade attack. "It is criminal negligence on the part of Punjab intelligence, DGP and Punjab CM, who is also the home minister of the state. Both the CM and DGP hold proxy posts and must resign. The government must admit to its failure in maintaining law...