India, June 25 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday hit out at the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government following the arrest of Bikram Singh Majithia after raids on 25 of his properties, including his house in Amritsar, saying that the senior SAD leader and former minister was being targeted for exposing corruption by the AAP in Punjab.

"The Shiromani Akali Dal stands steadfast with Bikram Singh Majithia. It is clear that chief minister @BhagwantMann & @AamAadmiParty have been unnerved by the resolute manner in which Majithia has taken on the govt and exposed its corrupt and immoral acts. We will not be cowed down by the brutal attempts to suppress the voice of the people expressed by Majithia and other Akali leaders by lettin...