Chandigarh, Dec. 6 -- Leader of Opposition in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking extension of date for filing of nomination papers for Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections.

The petition filed by Bajwa, which is yet to be taken up by the high court, also demands action into controversy surrounding an alleged audio clip of senior superintendent of police (SSP), Patiala, in which he is instructing officers to deploy cops as a "partisan force to sabotage opposition candidates" during the nomination process. SAD has already moved the high court on this issue and the PIL filed is listed for hearing on Monday. The petition alleges violence against Congress candidates and cites alleged inciden...