This special report focuses on the political firestorm in Punjab involving Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s government and the BJP. The controversy erupted over an order deploying police to guard the Chief Minister’s shoes, which the BJP, through spokesperson Anil Sarin, has slammed as the ‘height of hypocrisy’ while questioning the state’s law and order. Sarin stated, ‘This is a solid state of affair and that to a Chief Minister who calls himself to be a representative of Aam Aadmi Party, the height of an epochal nonsense on their part.’ The BJP contrasts this with serious crimes, including the recent shooting of a kabaddi player in Jagraon. The Aam Aadmi Party government and CM Mann have retorted, claiming the opposition is manufacturing issues about ‘slippers and shoes’ because they cannot allege corruption. Anil Sarin countered this by referencing a recent corruption case and questioning AAP’s unfulfilled pre-poll promises on curbing illegal mining and corruption.