In ajolt to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in PunI jab, three-time Congress legislator from Bholath and chairman of All India Kissan Congress, Sukhpal Khaira was on Thursday arrested in connection with a 2015 drugs case and sent to two-day remand by a court in Jalalabad.
With Mr Khaira and Punjab Congress leaders blaming the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for this arrest, the possibility of these two parties, who are part of the Opposition alliance INDIA reaching a seat sharing arrangement in Punjab for the coming Lok Sabha polls appears to have become even more difficult.
A delegation of the Congress met the Punjab Governor this evening to register protest against the arrest and vowed to fight the political vendetta against the party leaders in the state the Bhagwant Mann government," he said.
The Aam Aadmi Party, however, maintained the new Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found enough evidence during its investigation that Mr Khaira was involved in drug smuggling.
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