Malerkotla District

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh lambasted UP CM Yogi Adityanath on May 15 over the latter's alleged hateful remarks on the formation of Malerkotla district in Punjab. Yogi had called the decision of declaring the Muslim-majority town a district as a "reflection of the divisive policy of the Congress". In response, Singh advised Yogi to stay out of his state's affairs, terming it a BJP's conspiracy to disrupt harmony in Punjab.