Badal bail plea: Ropar court to decide

A bench comprising Justice N. Santosh Hegde and Justice P.B. Singh posted the hearing of the petition filed by Badal and his son seeking bail and transfer of the case outside state for Friday. In Patiala, Badal’s ‘‘birthday rally’’ began at Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib with the announcement of a statewide agitation by SGPC president Gurcharan Singh Tohra.

Addressing a gathering, Tohra launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh saying ‘‘he has forced us to adopt the path of agitation by arresting our leader in a fabricated case and later restricting us from meeting him and his son Sukhbir in Patiala Central Jail’’. He said the policies of Capt Amarinder singh and his party were ‘‘suicidal’’ and the people would ‘‘teach them a lesson’’ in the LS elections next year.