India, July 10 -- Hitherto seen as a reluctant politician, Shiromani Akali Dal's Majitha MLA Ganieve Kaur Majithia, 49, has stepped out of the shadows to defend her husband Bikram Singh Majithia, who is in judicial custody now in an alleged Rs.540-crore disproportionate assets case. In an interaction with Hindustan Times, she countered the vigilance bureau charges and accused the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government of targeting the former minister with an "illegal FIR". Edited excerpts:

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau says you own 1,000 acres in Shimla and it was not declared in your election affidavit?

That is totally false. I demand the Vigilance Bureau show the public where I own the 1,000 acres (4.05sq km) in Shimla. Why not sh...