Political analyst Raman Malik has criticised the political campaign around the film Satluj, arguing that Supreme Court rulings on specific cases should not be used to justify broader political narratives. He acknowledged that extrajudicial killings were established by investigations but said the judgments did not address the wider circumstances that led to those events. Malik also challenged the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the SGPC to take responsibility if screening the film across Punjab leads to any law-and-order problems or social unrest.