Bathinda, April 8 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday challenged Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann to initiate legal action against him in sacrilege cases.

Addressing a rally in Mansa's Budhlada, Sukhbir charged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership with defaming the Badal family by making frivolous allegations about the sacrilege of holy scriptures.

"AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann have been levelling charges of sacrilege against us for nearly a decade. AAP is in power in Punjab and I challenge him to take legal action against me on the charge," said Sukhbir.

He claimed that various political parties had been working to weaken the SAD and control the religious institutions of ...