Ludhiana, Dec. 18 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Wednesday condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government following a violent communal clash inside Central Jail, Ludhiana, calling it a reflection of the collapse of the state's jail administration.

Bajwa said the incident-during which jail superintendent Kulwant Singh Sidhu and several jail officials sustained injuries-has laid bare serious and unacceptable lapses in inmate supervision, security arrangements and crisis management.

What reportedly began as a scuffle between five inmates soon escalated into large-scale violence, turning a high-security prison into a virtual battleground.

Terming the episode a direct consequence of pol...