Mann govt turns heat on Bajwa, Cong plans counter protests

Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Tuesday appeared before police in connection with an FIR registered against him over his "50 bombs have reached Punjab" statement.

The party rallied behind the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, and hit out at the ruling AAP government, terming the registration of an FIR against Bajwa as a "political vendetta".

National leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, were in regular touch with the state leadership and were closely monitoring the situation, said the state unit leaders.