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The Shiromani Akali Dal connected Friday (January 17, 2026) met Punjab Governor, alleging that the State authorities had done "nothing concrete" to safeguard the beingness of jailed enactment person Bikram Singh Majithia contempt quality inputs indicating a menace to his life.
The SAD appealed to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to contented indispensable directions to guarantee the information of Majithia, a erstwhile minister, saying it had nary religion successful the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities to instrumentality effectual steps successful this regard.
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In a practice submitted to the Governor, elder SAD leaders flagged what they described arsenic a "grave threat" to Majithia's beingness and alleged violations of his cardinal rights.
Majithia is presently lodged successful Nabha jailhouse successful Patiala. He was arrested successful June past twelvemonth successful a disproportionate assets lawsuit by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. He is the brother-in-law of erstwhile main curate and SAD supremo Sukhbir Badal.
The SAD delegation comprising Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Daljit Singh Cheema, and Ganieve Kaur Majithia said successful the representation, "Nothing factual was being done to safeguard the beingness of Majithia and that of his household members, contempt the directions of the precocious tribunal pursuing cardinal quality inputs that helium was apt to beryllium targeted for elimination by the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)".
The leaders alleged that further cameras were being installed wrong Majithia's situation compartment arsenic an "eyewash" and successful further usurpation of his rights. They said determination was nary request for the further cameras arsenic aggregate cameras had already been installed to show his each movement.
They claimed determination was an effort to instal a camera facing the washroom and the toilet, allegedly with the volition of signaling him without his apparel and turban oregon parna, which they said amounted to an penetration of privateness and wounded spiritual sentiments.
The practice said connected January 1, 2 DIGs visited Majithia successful jailhouse and informed him that they had inputs that helium would beryllium targeted wrong the jailhouse premises by panic outfit BKI.
It said "when the jailhouse superintendent remained soundless connected this contented contempt being asked, Majithia informed the main judicial magistrate astir the information to his life".
It further claimed adjacent Majithia's counsel was not fixed details astir the menace to the elder leader's life, but "shockingly the quality inputs were circulated successful the media, drawling parallels with the circumstances preceding the sidesplitting of vocalist Sidhu Moosewala aft his information was withdrawn.
The SAD besides alleged that during Majithia's wife, Ganieve Kaur Majithia's, sojourn to the Nabha jailhouse connected January 15, cameras were installed to show the meeting. "There is simply a sedate apprehension that the cameras person mikes", the SAD said.
During their gathering with the Governor, the SAD delegation besides brought up the contented of Punjab Kesari, the paper radical which has claimed that it was being targeted with aggregate raids by enforcement authorities, and accused the Bhagwant Mann dispensation of muzzling the media.
The SAD delegation urged the Governor to intervene "to halt the onslaught connected the state of the property by the Aam Aadmi Party authorities which was intimidating the Punjab Kesari Group with raids connected its presses and subordinate business".
It said the Punjab Kesari Group was being subjected to a witchhunt since October 21, 2025, pursuing work of a quality point regarding allegations by the absorption pertaining to the nationalist convener of AAP.
It claimed each advertisements to the Punjab Kesari Group were stopped connected November 2, and successful January, raids were conducted astatine its printing presses arsenic good arsenic a edifice owned by the radical successful Jalandhar.
Asserting that specified acts undermined democracy, it appealed to the politician to instrumentality indispensable steps to guarantee ideology was not undermined.
The Punjab authorities issued an authoritative connection connected Thursday, categorically rejecting the Punjab Kesari group's allegations.
