Jalandhar, April 30 -- A Congress MLA from Adampur, Sukhwinder Singh Kotli, has been booked for "blocking the Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway" in Bhogpur during a protest against a bio-CNG plant at the local cooperative sugar mill on April 23.

Kotli was among 22 booked by name by the Bhogpur police station in the FIR that mentioned involvement of 100-150 unidentified persons. On April 23, the protesters led by MLA Kotli had blocked the national highway for three hours, causing inconvenience to the commuters as the whole traffic movement was diverted through alternate routes.

The FIR stated that the Congress legislator along with the locals created nuisance by blocking both sides of the roads and refused to lift the protest despite ...