Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday accused the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government of imposing an “undeclared emergency” in Punjab.
The SAD leader was detained before reaching Mohali as party leader Bikram Singh Majithia appeared in the court.
SP (Rural) escorted him to a police station in a bus. Badal said he was going to Amb Sahib gurdwara to pay obeisance.
Badal criticised Arvind Kejriwal for killing democratic rights of Punjabis.
He claimed several Akali workers who were going to Mohali to express solidarity with Majithia, who has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case, have been detained by police.
Majithia will be produced in a Mohali court on Wednesday as his seven-day vigilance remand comes to an end. Heavy police deployment has been made outside the Vigilance Bureau (VB) office and the district court complex in Mohali.
“Bhagwant Mann has imposed an UNDECLARED EMERGENCY in Punjab. Akali workers proceeding to Mohali today for expressing solidarity with S Bikram Singh Majithia, who has been framed in a false case by the Aam Aadmi Party govt, are being detained at their houses & even being stopped at ‘nakas’ put up on all major roads. Such repressive acts smack of cowardice. It is clear that chief minister @BhagwantMann is rattled by the outpouring of support for Bikram,” Badal said in a post on X.
“I want to make it clear – the @Akali_Dal_ & its workers will not be deterred by such repressive acts. In the past also Akalis have countered repression with peoples’ movements. Now also we will teach a befitting lesson to the corrupt and dictatorial @AamAadmiParty regime with the support of Punjabis,” he said.