Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was released from Nabha Jail on Tuesday, after spending seven months in judicial custody.
Stepping out to a massive gathering of jubilant supporters, Majithia struck a defiant pose, twirling his moustache and signaling a formal return to the state's volatile political arena. His release follows a landmark Supreme Court order granting him bail in a high-profile disproportionate assets case.
Addressing his supporters immediately after his release, Majithia launched a blistering offensive against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
In a sharp rhetorical swipe, he claimed that even while incarcerated, he re...