Senior Congress leader and MLA Asha Kumari, who was booked under Sections 353 and 332 of the IPC for allegedly slapping a lady constable on duty, filed a counter complaint today, officials said.
In her complaint, Asha Kumari, who had later apologised, accused the lady constable of manhandling, threatening to kill and obstructing her from going to the Congress office during the visit of AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Friday and repeatedly slapping her, they added.
The MLA stated in her complaint that she had to attend an important meeting and hence could not lodge the complaint on Friday, the officials said.
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After learning of the incident, the Congress president disapproved of the MLA’s reaction saying no one has a right to raise hand on someone. “I am not happy at it. This is no way. No one has a right to raise hand against someone, at least not the Congress culture. I will not tolerate indiscipline in the party,” said Gandhi.
After the incident, Kumari, who is also AICC in-charge for Punjab, issued an apology for slapping the lady police. She said, “The constable was abusing and pushing me, trying to stop me from entering the party office even after I showed her pass to identify myself. What business she had to abuse or push me? She should have shown restraint. I agree I too should not have lost my temper. I regret this.”
Blaming the PCC for mismanagement at the party’s office gate, Kumari added, “I can only blame myself for the unsavoury incident. In all my political career of over three decades, I never faced such incident. What to say about today’s kids (young cop), they refuse to even recognise us (senior MLAs). I should almost be of her mother’s age.”
