He also urged Governor Banwarilal Purohit to convince PM Modi to not collect repayment of loan (moratorium on debt repayment) for at least next five years.
Tensions were heightened following a clash between the police and the protesting farmers who were going to participate in a protest in Chandigarh against the Bhagwant Mann government.
Unprecedented torrential rains have plunged Punjab into a state of catastrophe and the residents are questioning the AAP government's commitment to helping the people in this time of crisis
The scam was exposed by the SGPC flying squad (an investigation wing). They found out that the alleged scam continued for more than three years from April 2019 to December 2022.
Punjab Police arrested Mukhtar Ansari for allegedly making an extortion call to a Mohali-based realtor for Rs 10 crore. Punjab Police brought Ansari from Bonda jail in UP, where he was lodged at the time, waiting for trial in MP/MLA court.