Ludhiana, Aug. 19 -- Miscreants vandalised and stole plaques that carried the names of prominent Congress leaders and councillors in Mullanpur Dakha. The act, residents allege, is not just theft but a deliberate attempt to erase the Congress party's development legacy in the town.

During the previous Congress regime, then Dakha constituency in-charge Captain Sandeep Singh Sandhu had laid several foundation stones to mark key development projects. These included interlock-tile roads in the old and new grain markets and the site on the Mullanpur-Raikot road where fire brigade vehicles were to be stationed. The plaques bore the names of Captain Sandhu, then municipal council president Telu Ram Bansal, and other Congress councillors. Shockin...