Chandigarh, March 23 -- Punjab excise policy may also come under scrutiny with the shadow of Delhi excise case looming over it following the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday night.

With the opposition parties in Punjab, BJP and the Akali Dal, taking aims at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and demanding to probe the state's excise policy also, the state's Finance, Excise and Taxation Minister and senior AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday asserted his readiness to face any investigation into the matter.

Punjab's opposition parties have all along been demanding probe into the state's excise policy for 2022-23, "similar to Delhi's 2021-22 liquor policy". The opposition maintained that both the policies, that of Punja...