Ludhiana, May 14 -- Two municipal corporation employees have been suspended for allegedly holding onto a letter from MP Ravneet Singh Bittu about a pending no-dues certificate (NDC) since May 2.

Bittu, who recently switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is their Ludhiana nominee, stressed that if the state government had "issues" with him, it should not penalise MC officials. He suggested that conflicts involving him should be addressed with him. MC drawing branch inspector Vivek Prabhakar and peon Paramjit Kaur have been placed under suspension.

After the suspensions, the MC commissioner wrote to the director of local bodies, urging action against three more officials involved in the alleged delay. The case pertains to an all...