In perhaps the sharpest personal attack on his political opponent, Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal said on Saturday that the state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was "devoid of moral character and given to pursuits of unethical leisure and pleasure".

In a hard-hitting statement here on Saturday in response to recent statements by Amarinder Singh regarding Badal ordering firing by the police on people protesting against sacrilege incidents of Guru Granth Sahib in October 2015, Badal said that the chief minister "had lowered the dignity of the august office he happens to hold by using foul and cheap language on the floor of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha".