India, Aug. 23 -- Political tensions intensify in Punjab as rival parties trade charges over alleged influence-peddling and governance.

A sharp verbal slugfest has erupted between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the opposition in Punjab over the Enforcement Directorate's allegations of an alleged transfer and posting racket involving Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's Officer on Special Duty Rajbir Singh Ghuman, with both sides trading charges even as the agency has sought registration of a criminal case. The controversy has widened further with retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Ranjit Singh making a separate allegation against Mann's wife, Gurpreet Kaur. Justice Singh has accused her of allegedly seeking Rs 5 crore to h...