His number blocked, Cong’s Patti MLA takes to Facebook to reach out to party sarpanch

Ruling Congress’ Patti MLA Harminder Singh Gill on Monday took to social media to assuage the “hurt feelings” of the party sarpanch of Sarhali Kalan village in Tarn Taran district’s Naushehra Pannuan block.

And the reason was not commonplace. Amolakjit Singh, the village head, has blocked the number of the area legislator for the last few months for not paying heed to the grievances of the local residents, hence proving “useless” for them.

“I along with other panchayat members was trying to approach the MLA for the village’s development, but he never paid any heed towards our requests,” Amolakjit told HT over phone.