Overview
- Punjab Kesari wrote to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann alleging a coordinated campaign of enforcement actions after its October 31 report on opposition claims about AAP’s national convenor.
- The group detailed January 11–15 inspections and raids by FSSAI, GST, Excise, Factories and the Pollution Control Board at its Park Plaza Jalandhar hotel and printing presses in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
- The letter said state advertisements were halted from November 2, 2025, warned press operations in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Bathinda could be obstructed, and reported heavy police deployment outside its facilities.
- In a late evening statement, the Punjab government rejected the allegations and cited violations including unapproved liquor storage, missing holograms and QR codes, expired draught beer, untreated effluent discharge, a non-functional sewage plant and lapsed environmental consents.
- Opposition leaders from Congress, BJP and SAD condemned the actions, and BJP chief Sunil Jakhar said a party delegation will meet the Punjab governor on January 17.