Bindal courts controversy

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 16

Nahan MLA Dr Rajeev Bindal today courted controversy by going to the house of a party candidate for the panchayati raj polls at Rampur Bharapur in Paonta Sahib subdivision of Sirmaur district barely a day before the polls.

This peeved the Congress-backed candidate whose supporters gathered outside the said candidate’s house and raised slogans against the MLA. They protested the MLA’s presence in the said panchayat for almost an hour as Bindal was allegedly addressing party workers there.

They claimed that the MLA had violated the model code of conduct as despite belonging to Nahan, he was present at Rampur Bharapur when the campaigning had ended on January 15.

Paonta Sahib DSP Bir Bahadur said due action would be initiated if any complaint was received and an situation was amicably resolved at Rampur Bharapur where supporters of a candidate had gathered outside his rival’s house.