A video has surfaced on social media where the AAP lawmaker, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, is heard trivialising these deaths. In the video, he says, “…small incident like these keeps on happening in India, in Punjab.” Khaira likens these deaths to road accidents and fatalities, saying: “Eight to 10 people day in Punjab daily … there are days when eight to 10 people from the same family die [in such accidents].” He adds that “stray animals die in road accidents too”. Khaira—who had been leading the rebel faction in AAP’s Punjab Unit—also said in the video that “5,000 people” die in Punjab every year in road accidents.