The Congress attack on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has been defined by a two-pronged strategy over the past few years. On one front, the party, led by its state chief Navjot Sidhu, has targeted Sukhbir Badal on sacrilege cases. On the other, Badal’s brother-in-law Bikram Majithia has been painted as the face of the narcotics problem ravaging the state. Majithia is the younger brother of Badal’s wife and former Union minister, Harsimrat Kaur. Having achieved little in bringing down Badal on sacrilege, the Congress finally got some success in closing in on Majithia after many years.
Majithia has been accused