Chandigarh, Oct. 29 -- The vigilance bureau chargesheet against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia and 12 others in a disproportionate assets case triggered a political slugfest in Punjab. While Majithia termed the chargesheet a "bundle of lies," the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders linked it to the drug issue, a hot button in poll-bound Punjab.

Taking to X, Majithia wrote: "No chargesheet was filed in the past five years, neither the original nor a supplementary one. It took a year and a half to concoct this story, which is nothing but a bundle of lies. Truth will prevail. I will neither stop nor bow down from raising people's issues."

Welcoming the filing of the chargesheet, Punjab minister and Aam Aadmi Party ...