India, May 1 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is facing sharp accusations of political vendetta after a Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team stormed a unit of Trident Group - owned by Rajya Sabha defector Rajinder Gupta - barely a week after his switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

As reported by HT earlier, a PPCB team of at least 18 officials arrived in six vehicles around 2 pm at the Trident Group's textile unit in Dhaula, Punjab on Thursday and conducted an inspection that lasted several hours, people familiar with the raid said.

The BJP was quick to link the timing of the raid to Gupta's recent political switch. Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma alleged, "PPCB raid on Trident reeks of political vendetta."

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