Overview
- Bhagwant Mann, speaking in Patiala on Monday, accused the Shiromani Akali Dal of drawing power illegally for its Muktsar rally and said the state would lodge an FIR.
- PSPCL said teams visited the Muktsar venue after a social media video and reported no violation, with a formal inquiry still underway.
- SAD rejected the charge, with Dr Daljeet Cheema calling the video mischief and arguing a full rally could not run on the thin cable shown.
- Former SAD MLA Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi said the party had its own power backup at the site and said he did not know when PSPCL officials came.
- Mann also urged a social boycott of Akali leaders, linking his call to the 2015 sacrilege cases and police firing that continue to polarize Punjab politics.