Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has taken suo motu notice of the language allegedly used by Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring against former Union Home Minister and Dalit leader Buta Singh during an election rally in Tarn Taran in the wake of the ongoing by-election campaign.

Disclosing this here on Sunday, Commission Chairman Jasvir Singh Garhi said the matter came to the Commission's attention through social media, where a video of the Congress leader allegedly making caste-based and racial remarks against the late Buta Singh was circulated.

Garhi said the Commission has sought a written reply from Amarinder Singh Raja Warring by November 6, while the Returning Office...