After his name surfaced in connection with a case of death of state warehousing corporation official, who died by suicide, Punjab’s Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar resigned from the Aam Aadm Party (AAP) government on Saturday (March 21, 2026), even as the Opposition parties stepped up their ante against the government, demanding the Minister be booked for murder and the case be handed over to central agency for probe.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said a probe has been ordered in the matter and appropriate action will follow. “The Minister was asked to step down for the sake of a fair investigation,” he said, responding to a query at a press conference.
A purported video linked to the alleged suicide of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation in Amritsar, showed Randhawa accusing Mr. Laljit Singh Bhullar, the AAP Minister, of inflicting harassment by pressurising him to award a tender to the Minister’s associate, before consuming what appeared to be a poisonous substance.
The Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party corneried the AAP government over the issue.
Leader of Opposition, Congress party’s Partap Singh Bajwa said, “The tragic death of an officer has once again laid bare the disturbing state of law and order under Bhagwant Mann’s government. When those entrusted to uphold the law appear to act with impunity, it raises a serious question: what sense of security is left for ordinary Punjabis?” He demanded that an FIR under murder charges should be registered against Mr Bhullar he should be arrested immediately. “The case should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation,” he added.
