Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the AAP-led Punjab government’s move to recruit 22 “outsiders” in the Punjab Development Commission to run 10 key state departments. SAD reportedly said that AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was trying to run Punjab like the East India Company. "The Puppet CM Bhagwant Mann...has completely surrendered Punjab to the looters," SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal stated.