Punjab: Video of AAP MLA being slapped by husband surfaces online

Bathinda, Sep 01: A purported video of AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur being slapped by her husband, who is also a leader of the ruling party, has surfaced on social media.

In the video shot on July 10, the two-time legislator from Talwandi Sabo could be heard arguing with her husband, Sukhraj Singh. Suddenly, Singh gets up and apparently slaps Kaur.

Some people standing near the couple then intervene and push Singh away, the video showed. Kaur could not be reached for comments. No complaint has been filed by the AAP legislator.

Domestic violence against women doesn’t stop even if they’re an MLA. This is Baljinder Kaur, AAP MLA from Punjab.pic.twitter.com/QceL4JpBuP

— Jas Oberoi | ਜੱਸ ਓਬਰੌਏ (@iJasOberoi) September 1, 2022

Meanwhile, Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati said she has seen the video and will take suo motu notice of the incident. Kaur had got married to Singh, the AAP's youth wing convener for Majha region, in February 2019.

She did her M.Phil from Punjab University, Patiala in 2009. Before foraying into politics, she was a professor of English at Mata Gujri College at Fatehgarh Sahib.