A purported video showing Ludhiana South AAP MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina confronting and allegedly slapping a tipper-truck driver surfaced online on Tuesday prompting Opposition parties to call for action against the legislator. However, Chhina denied slapping the driver.
Denying slapping the driver, Chhina offered a different account of the incident. She claimed the truck had hit a motorcycle and she intervened to prevent it from hitting another vehicle.
“I did not slap anyone,” she said, claiming she had been receiving complaints from residents about overloaded tipper trucks creating problems in the Daba area. She said she had already taken up the issue with the deputy commissioner and SDM. Chhina said road construction was underway in the area and the movement of an overloaded tipper was adding to the chaos.
Inspector Jatinder Singh, SHO, Daba police station, said police had issued a challan to the driver for wrong parking and later released him. The incident drew sharp reactions from Opposition leaders. Congress constituency in-charge Ishwarjot Singh Cheema demanded that the police register a case against Chhina and conduct an impartial investigation.
Former Union minister, ex-Ludhiana MP and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, while sharing the video on X, accused Chhina of “arrogance of power” and “blatant hooliganism”.
