Congress MLA Asha Kumari slaps a female constable, gets slapped back

Congress MLA from Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, Asha Kumari was caught on camera assaulting a female constable, who in turn, slapped Kumari back.

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As per reports, Kumari was furious at being denied entry into a review meeting chaired by newly crowned Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who was in Shimla to assess what went wrong in the recently concluded Assembly elections where Congress won 21 out of 68 seats and BJP bagged 44. Kumari the Punjab in-charge of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and recently won the assembly elections in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.

Soon, netizens came together to call out Asha Kumari’s arrogance at assaulting a public servant on duty.

https://twitter.com/goyalsanjeev/status/946650059206098945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/chadharakeshk/status/946656797342908417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/RuchirRModi/status/946654242109927424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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Many even came out in support of the lady constable who slapped back Kumari.

https://twitter.com/1983sansingh/status/946665150945173504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/iamvarunsharma/status/946663441942454279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
With the common citizen getting exponentially aware, such arrogance of politicians is the one thing that political parties need to check. This seems to be just another incident where the Congress party has displayed its elitism.

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia