Chandigarh: An X put up by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann through which he seemingly took a dig at Radha Soami Dera Beas head Gurinder Singh Dhillon’s assembly with jailed Akali chief Bikram Singh Majithia has triggered a political storm within the state.

The Opposition Tuesday skilled its weapons on the CM for “insulting” the dera chief whilst Majithia, a former Punjab cupboard minister, walked out of jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court docket in a disproportionate property case. 

On Tuesday morning, CM Mann wrote on X in Punjabi: “Kal ban jaan bhaave ajj ban jaan, adaltan da othe rabb rakha, jithe mulakati hee decide ban jaan (They might flip tomorrow or they could flip at the moment…god save these courts the place the customer (to a prisoner in jail) turns decide.”

ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਬਣ ਜਾਣ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅੱਜ ਬਣ ਜਾਣ
ਅਦਾਲਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਓਥੇ ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ
ਜਿੱਥੇ ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤੀ ਹੀ ਜੱਜ ਬਣ ਜਾਣ …

— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) February 3, 2026

The tongue in cheek put up appeared to seek advice from the Dera Beas chief’s assembly with Majithia within the Nabha jail Monday. In a uncommon gesture, the dera head met media individuals exterior the jail after the assembly and advised them that Majithia was harmless.

“He’s my good friend and I’ve come to satisfy my good friend like anybody else would… all allegations in opposition to him are false… he’s in excessive spirits,” mentioned Dhillon. 

Requested if the Punjab authorities had wrongly confined Majithia, Dhillon mentioned it could not be acceptable for him to touch upon the working of the federal government. “I’m right here to meet my responsibility. It’s for the federal government to do what they should do.”

On Monday, the Supreme Court docket had granted bail to Majithia in a disproportionate property case registered in opposition to him by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. Majithia was arrested in June final yr and had been within the excessive safety jail at Nabha for the previous seven months. 

The Dera chief is expounded to Majithia’s spouse Ganieve Kaur, at present the MLA from Majitha. Dhillon has visited Majithia in jail greater than as soon as prior to now few months. The final assembly was in September 2025.

Reacting to Mann’s poetry, BJP state chief Sunil Jakhar wrote on X: Sadhu bole sehaj subhaav, saadh ka keha birtha na jaaye (Saints communicate with calmness, so no matter they communicate by no means goes to waste) referring to the Dera chief’s go to.

. @BhagwantMann ji,

ਸਾਧੂ ਬੋਲੇ ਸਹਿਜ ਸੁਭਾਅ
ਸਾਧ ਕਾ ਕਿਹਾ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਨਾਂ ਜਾਏ।

— Sunil Jakhar (@sunilkjakhar) February 3, 2026

Talking to media individuals Monday Jakhar had mentioned that Dhillon was a saint and his assembly had labored like a “blessing” because the information of Majithia getting bail from the Supreme Court docket got here inside hours of it.

BJP chief and chairman of the Nationwide Fee for Minorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura additionally took on the Punjab authorities. “Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon is a saint and a brave voice. In a constitutional democracy, each individual is harmless till guilt is proved. Baba Ji has rightly reminded us of this precept. The police can not act as decide and jury. Due course of should prevail,” he wrote on X.

Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon is a saint and a brave voice. In a constitutional democracy, each individual is harmless till guilt is proved. Baba Ji has rightly reminded us of this precept. The police can not act as decide and jury. Due course of should prevail.

— Iqbal Singh Lalpura (@ILalpura) February 3, 2026

Congress chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira too turned poetic in response to the CM’s obvious sarcasm, writing on X: 

“Jado auda hankaar vich tabdeel hoje

Jado jhoot sarkaar dee daleel hoje

Jado chora naam CM dee deal hoje

Saari vajarat dee jeebhan fer seal hoje

Lahu parja da raaje layi chabeel hoje

Us sube da sacchi fer rabb rakha!”

(When a place turns one smug, when falsehoods are the most effective arguments, when the CM seals offers with thieves, after which your entire system chooses to stay silent, when the blood of the individuals is the sweetened water for the king…then solely god can save the state!)

ਜਦੋਂ ਅਹੁਦਾ ਹੰਕਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਬਦੀਲ ਹੋਜੇ
ਜਦੋਂ ਝੂਠ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਦਲੀਲ ਹੋਜੇ
ਜਦੋਂ ਚੋਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ CM @BhagwantMann ਦੀ ਡੀਲ ਹੋਜੇ
ਸਾਰੀ ਵਜ਼ਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਜੀਭਾ ਫ਼ਿਰ ਸੀਲ ਹੋਜੇ
ਲਹੂ ਪਰਜਾ ਦਾ ਰਾਜੇ ਲਈ ਛਬੀਲ ਹੋਜੇ
ਉਸ ਸੂਬੇ ਦਾ ਸੱਚੀਂ ਫ਼ਿਰ ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ ! https://t.co/9zPbkWXhvg

— Sukhpal Singh Khaira (@SukhpalKhaira) February 3, 2026

Issuing a press assertion, Khaira condemned Mann for what he referred to as use of “derogatory and low-cost language to focus on and humiliate Baba Gurinder Singh Ji, Head of the Radha Swami Satsang Beas, over his assembly with Shiromani Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia”.

Khaira mentioned it was “extremely unlucky and condemnable” {that a} sitting chief minister selected to pull a revered non secular chief into political mudslinging merely due to a social assembly. He added that non secular and non secular leaders typically meet individuals from completely different walks of life, and politicising such interactions displays poorly on the dignity of the Chief Minister’s workplace.

“Focusing on Baba Gurinder Singh Ji and questioning his integrity or intentions by means of low-cost remarks is an assault on the feelings of lakhs of followers who maintain him in excessive esteem. Political variations can not justify disrespect in direction of non secular figures,” he mentioned.

Reacting to Mann’s X put up, Majithia mentioned the dera chief needs to be large-hearted and forgive the CM. “Actually I’d request the dera chief to confess Mann to the dera and assist him recover from his liquor downside. Mann’s spouse and mom will thank us.”

Majithia was greeted by a whole lot of supporters after he was launched from Nabha jail. Addressing his supporters and media individuals, he mentioned CM was free to register any variety of instances in opposition to them however he’ll proceed to lift the voice of Punjabis from each platform. 

On Monday, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted bail to Majithia on his plea difficult the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket’s order that denied him bail within the disproportionate property case. The highest court docket famous that Majithia has been in custody within the case for the final seven months.

In its 4 December order, the excessive court docket had dismissed Majithia’s bail plea, observing that the potential for him influencing the investigation couldn’t be dominated out. In a 30-page order, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, whereas directing the Punjab Vigilance Bureau to finish its probe inside three months, had mentioned Majithia can thereafter search his launch on bail.

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau had arrested Majithia on 25 June final yr within the disproportionate property case that allegedly concerned accumulation of Rs 540 crore. On 18 August, Majithia was denied bail by Further Periods Decide Hardip Singh. 

Throughout remand hearings, a Mohali court docket had earlier allowed the state police to curtain your entire courtroom, together with the home windows to make sure that Majithia is neither seen by media individuals nor in a position to work together with them. Throughout his numerous appearances within the case whereas in police remand, the police even barricaded the court docket premises. The parking space the place Majithia’s car was introduced was additionally curtained to cease the press from accessing him.

(Edited by Gitanjali Das)

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