Patiala, April 12 -- The Punjab government has come under fire from opposition parties after the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) inducted 250 new buses - flagged off by chief minister Bhagwant Mann - that were fabricated in Rajasthan, a move similar to one the AAP leadership had earlier criticised.

The development has sparked a political row, with opposition leaders accusing the government of hypocrisy and questioning its shift in stance on outsourcing bus body fabrication outside Punjab.

Previously, Bhagwant Mann had targeted the Congress-led government and then transport minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring for getting bus bodies manufactured in Rajasthan instead of supporting local industry. The latest decision, they say, co...