Gurugram, June 25 -- Amid the ongoing controversy over an objectionable video, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said political opponents are unable to challenge him politically, so they are trying to defame him on religious grounds.

Addressing the press conference, Punjab CM said, "...They cannot fight with me politically, so they are trying to defame me on religious grounds...I cannot challenge Sri Akal Takht...The person seen in the video is not me...All three political parties have united to defame me."

CM Mann hit out at the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), questioning why boycott posters were not issued against other leaders.

Mann also claimed that those involved in creating the video and related mask...