Overview
- Privilege proceedings have been initiated, with the Committee on Privileges directing Leader of the Opposition Atishi to submit a written reply by January 19.
- The Assembly Secretariat asked Punjab’s Forensic Science Laboratory in Mohali to provide its report and complete records on the circulated video by January 22.
- Speaker Vijender Gupta said the House may reconvene in a special session if required to uphold legislative dignity and determine accountability.
- Jalandhar Police said an FIR was registered over the video and stated it was found to be deliberately doctored, prompting the Assembly to seek the forensic basis for that finding.
- Punjab’s DGP and Jalandhar’s police commissioner have sent initial replies with more time granted until January 22, while the state’s special DGP for cyber crime wrote that the cyber wing had no operational role; a Jalandhar court ordered the video pulled from social media, noting it appeared not to insult the Gurus.