Amritsar: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal was detained on Tuesday by the Punjab Police during a protest against the state government outside chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh's residence in Siswan.
Security forces resorted to using water cannons as a huge mass of protests gathered amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Badal said the state government has engaged in various scams from vaccinations to scholarships and farmer lands being acquired.
"If a storm rises, Captain won't be able to stop it, even if he uses all his force. There is a scam in vaccination, there is a scam in Fateh Kit, there is a scam in schedule castes' scholarship, farmers' land is being acquired," Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal said before getting detained.
The Akali Dal members under the leadership of Sukhbir Badal were protesting to demand the removal of health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities in the sale of vaccines and procurement of medical kits for COVID-19 patients.
This comes a day after AAP held a protest outside the official residence of the chief minister over alleged misappropriation of post-matric scholarship funds.
Led by party MLA and leader of opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, several AAP leaders and workers raised slogans against the Amarinder Singh-led government and demanded the dismissal of cabinet minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot.
Some of the AAP leaders were even detained by the Punjab police on Monday but were later released.
The opposition is targeting the Amarinder Singh government over various issues just months ahead of the assembly elections.