Chandigarh, June 26 -- The arrest of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in a Rs 540 crore disproportionate assets case has triggered a political storm across Punjab. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government has hailed the move as a landmark step in its war against corruption and drugs, the arrest has united the opposition in criticism, with leaders from the Congress, BJP, and SAD slamming the action as "politically motivated", "dictatorial", and a "threat to democracy".
What has made the controversy even more complex is the unexpected dissent from within AAP itself, with one of its sitting MLAs, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, a former top cop, openly questioning the morality and method of the ra...