Ludhiana, July 18 -- A day after a dramatic confrontation unfolded outside the district Congress office near Clock Tower, senior party leaders approached a local court on Thursday, requesting their side be heard in the ongoing legal dispute over the building's possession. Court-appointed bailiffs had on Wednesday handed over the building possession to its owner who took out the Congress' furniture and other items out of the premises moments before party men turned up in large numbers and re-occupied the building. They later claimed that they were not aware of the court order.

District Congress president and former MLA Sanjay Talwar, District Youth Congress president Happy Lali and vice president of District Congress (Rural) Harmeet Singh...