India, July 11 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was at his caustic best as he defended Diljit Dosanjh's movie 'Sardaarji 3' which stars Pakistani actress Hania Aamir, saying "you cannot issue us certificates of patriotism".

"We (India and Pakistan's Punjab provinces) have a shared culture. We have the same language. They speak Punjabi, as do we. Yet you say Diljit's movie cannot be released here; you call him a 'gaddar' (traitor). Sometimes you call him 'gaddar', at other times you call him 'sardar'," he said in the state assembly on Friday, criticising the BJP and questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 2015 Pakistan visit.

Diljit's movie, he stressed, had been shot before the Pahalgam terror attack, after which India-P...