India, Nov. 2 -- Punjab's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government faced massive backlash with allegations of censorship after parts of the state on Sunday morning experienced delay in newspaper deliveries. Reason: police conducted checks and held up vehicles carrying newspapers during the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday.

Punjab Police later issued a clarification that it undertook checking of vehicles carrying various items following specific intelligence inputs. The vehicle checks were conducted under the supervision of gazzetted officers at selected points in a streamlined and orderly manner without causing any inconvenience to the public, news agency PTI reported quoting the police.

Opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Par...