Janjivan Bureau / Shimla : After being snubbed by party president Rahul Gandhi, Congress MLA Asha Kumari issued an apology for slapping a woman constable in Shimla. However, she accused the constable of abusing and pushing her. “She( woman constable) abused me and pushed me, she should have shown restrain, I am her mother’s age, but yes I agree I should not have lost my temper. I apologise,” said Kumari.
Rahul Gandhi disapproved the MLA’s action of slapping the woman police constable on duty saying no one has a right to raise hand against 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 at a Congress party meeting later.
AICC secretary and Dalhousie MLA Asha Kumari had a major showdown with a woman cop at a function where Congress president Rahul Gandhi was to review the recent election result here on Friday.
As the woman constable on duty outside the state Congress bhawan tried to stop Asha, the Congress legislator got agitated and slapped the cop.
The woman cop retaliated and slapped Asha in turn. It was on the intervention of others, including Solan MLA and former minister Col Dhani Ram Shandil that the situation was prevented from turning uglier.
Earlier, Gandhi arrived here to interact with state Congress leadership which will look into the reasons for defeat of the party in the assembly polls.
