The demand for the release of Bandi Singhs and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh was raised during the zero hour in the Punjab Assembly, even as the Opposition targeted the ruling AAP over the pending DA arrears for employees.Legislator Manpreet Singh Ayali, a leader of the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab de), blamed the ruling AAP for the delay in the release of the MP, who is currently lodged in an Assam jail.“The MP is neither being shifted to a Punjab jail nor being allowed to attend the monsoon session of Parliament,” he said. Pointing out frequent paroles to Sirsa dera head Gurmit Ram Rahim by Haryana, he accused successive state governments of double standards, saying Bandi Singhs (Sikh political prisoners) were being denied even basic parole.Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa raised the plight of government employees and pensioners, citing a High Court verdict directing the state to release their DA arrears within 15 days.Bajwa said the HC had ordered the payout of pending DA, amounting to nearly Rs 14,000 crore, to 7.50 lakh employees and pensioners. Months after getting bail in a rape case, AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra spoke about the non-utilisation of Rs 16 crore for the cleaning of a bundh on the Tangri river. He sought a probe into the issue.Citing the recent pharmacy officer exam paper leak, Congress MLA Pargat Singh demanded a detailed probe into alleged scams at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.