Tensions broke out on Thursday as several Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) workers were detained by the Punjab Police while protesting the arrest of senior party leader and MLA Bikram Singh Majithia. The protest came after a raid and arrest carried out by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau at Majithia’s Amritsar residence.
Majithia’s wife, Ganieve Kaur Majithia, expressed her concern over the manner in which the raid was conducted. She said 30 to 35 officials entered their home on Wednesday without showing any warrant or documentation and started searching through their personal belongings.
"Thirty to thirty-five people entered our house. They neither showed us any warrant nor any other document...They just stormed into our house and started checking our personal belongings. They did not speak with us. I tried speaking to the officers...This is a matter that has not even been investigated. Let's see what happens. Let the government do whatever it wants...Whatever is happening is all before you. We have fought this fight and we will continue to fight...People of Majithia stand with us and they will continue to do so," Kaur said.
In response, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema defended the government’s move, stating that the AAP government is committed to eradicating drugs from the state. “No one is above the law,” he said.
"A big campaign, 'Yudh Nashe Ke Viruddh', is going on in Punjab. When the Akali Dal and the BJP were in power, when the Congress party was in power, these people sold drugs and pushed the youth of Punjab towards drugs. They worked to make the people of Punjab addicted to drugs. The Aam Aadmi
Party government is fighting against this. No person is above the law. Any person who was involved in the drug business, whether small or big, will face action. We will wipe out drugs from Punjab," Cheema said.
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