Opposition SAD on Sunday dubbed AAP leader H S Phoolka's 15-day ultimatum to the Punjab government to arrest former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan a "political gimmick".
Phoolka gave the ultimatum to cabinet ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi, Manpreet Singh Badal and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Saturday, asking them to get a case of murder registered against Badal and retired DGP Sumedh Singh Saini.
He vowed to resign if the Congress-led government failed to book the duo.
In a statement, the Shiromani Akali Dal said Phoolka's warning was a "political gimmick to derive political mileage out of troubled waters of Punjab."
He said the state government "cannot register any case against Mr Badal on the basis of (Justice) Ranjit Singh Commission report which is a bundle of conjectures, assumptions and far-fetched deductions (and) which are unlikely to stand legal scrutiny for a day."
Cheema alleged that Phoolka and the Aam Aadmi Party "worked hand in glove with the ruling Congress to defame Mr Badal..."
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content