Chandigarh, July 6

The SAD today urged the Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission to order registration of a case against Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu for hurting the sentiments of the SC community with his recent “pious” seat remark.

SAD leaders, led by ex-chief parliamentary secretary Pawan Kumar Tinu, met commission members and later said they were surprised that it had failed to do its duty by refusing to order Bittu’s arrest under the SC Prevention of Atrocities Act. They said the commission was the only hope for the oppressed, but it had become a tool of the Congress. — TNS