Chandigarh, May 14 -- The tragic hooch incident in Majitha, Amritsar district, has triggered a political storm in Punjab. Opposition parties have come down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government, accusing it of negligence, shielding the liquor mafia, and turning its anti-drug campaign into a mere political spectacle.
Congress, BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and other political leaders have launched scathing attacks on Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's administration, demanding a high-level judicial inquiry and the immediate resignation of Excise Minister Harpal Singh Cheema.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, expressing sorrow over the loss of lives, called the deaths "cold-blooded murders of unsuspecting peopl...