The Punjab Congress on Friday (January 9, 2026) claimed that an FIR has been registered against its MLAs Sukhpal Khaira and Pargat Singh for sharing a video clip of AAP leader Atishi, whom the BJP has accused of making derogatory remarks against the ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, termed the “FIR lodged by the Jalandhar police against Pargat Singh and Sukhpal Khaira” a blatant abuse of State power and a shameful attempt to divert attention from a serious issue.
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"AAP Punjab leadership has chosen the cowardly path of intimidation and political vendetta. Under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab Police is being misused to harass the opposition lawmakers rather than being deployed to restore law and order in the state,” Mr. Bajwa said in a late evening X post.
“Let it be made absolutely clear: intimidation will not break our resolve,” he added. Notably, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate on Friday filed an FIR in connection with uploading and circulating an “edited” and “doctored” video of AAP MLA Atishi in the Delhi Assembly.
