BJP flags removed from temple

ROOPNAGAR, Sept 3: The district authorities have removed the Bharatiya Janata Party flags from the Mahaveer temple in Nurpur Bedi following a report published in Chandigarh Newsline.

However, the authorities have given the benefit of doubt to the party and allowed its election office to function from the shop, which falls in the commercial area of the temple committee.

Meanwhile, taking a serious view of the circulation of defamatory leaflets against the Congress candidate for Ropar, Shamsher Singh Dullo, Deputy Commissioner Kulbir Singh Sidhu 8212; also Returning Officer for the Ropar Lok Sabha constituency 8212; has asked the SSP to investigate the matter and submit a report.