Amritpal was arrested after a manhunt that lasted a month. This was after he and his aides stormed the Ajnala police station in Amritsar on February 23 with weapons, demanding the release of one of his aides booked for assault and abduction.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, the chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), criticized Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for blaming IAS officers for the decision to dissolve all gram panchayats in the state. Badal accused Mann of acting like a coward and making the officers scapegoats, claiming that the decision was initiated and signed by Mann himself. He demanded the resignation of the chief minister and the dismissal of the Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar. The Punjab government had earlier withdrawn the notification dissolving the panchayats and suspended two IAS officers.
LUDHIANA: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal om Sunday dubbed the Punjab Chief Minster Bhagwant Mann and the Panchayat Raj Minist.
The annual fair called Rakhar Punia is organised every year on Raksha Bandhan when people gather at the Baba Bakala Sahib in Amritsar to pay their obeisance.