AAP's Phoolka quits as Punjab Opposition leader

CHANDIGARH: Senior lawyer and AAP legislator HS Phoolka resigned as the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly to continue his fight for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims. He submitted his resignation to the Speaker, as per directions from the Delhi Bar Council disallowing him from contesting cases of riot victims as he held an “office of profit” and enjoyed the rank and perks of a state Cabinet Minister. Phoolka said he had asked party chief Arvind Kejriwal to choose a substitute. “I will continue to fight for the rights of the riot victims which I have been doing for so many years,” he said.