Rebel Congress leader ‘detained’ by Malout police

Muktsar, June 8

The Malout city police today allegedly detained a rebel Congressman for a few hours for daring local MLA Ajaib Singh Bhatti to contest the upcoming Assembly elections from Malout. The police somehow got an audio clip in this regard.

Shamsher Singh Shammi, who recently contested the municipal council election as an Independent, said, “I am a Dalit. We are Congressmen from three generations. I had unsuccessfully contested the MC election as a Congress nominee during the previous SAD-BJP regime. This time, local MLA Ajaib Singh Bhatti had promised me the ticket to contest the election as a Congress nominee. However, he did not allot me the ticket so I had to contest as an Independent, which I lost. I made an audio clip appealing to Bhatti to contest the election from Malout and not to run to some other constituency,” he said, adding, “Just because of this, the police picked me up. I had to even sign an apology letter.” — TNS

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