{"id":34368,"date":"2026-10-09T05:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=34368"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:22:43","slug":"watch-2-congress-leaders-slap-each-other-during-vote-theft-protest-in-faridabad-faridabad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=34368","title":{"rendered":"Watch: 2 Congress leaders slap each other during \u2018vote theft\u2019 protest in Faridabad | Faridabad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134805397,imgsize-94915,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/tensions-flared-during-a-faridabad-protest-against-chief-election-commissioner-gyanesh-kumar-resulting-in-congress-leaders.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: 2 Congress leaders slap each other during \u2018vote theft\u2019 protest in Faridabad\" title=\"Tensions flared during a Faridabad protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, resulting in Congress leaders\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Tensions flared during a Faridabad protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, resulting in Congress leaders\">Tensions flared during a Faridabad protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, resulting in Congress leaders<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>FARIDABAD: Two Congress leaders slapped each other during an INDIA bloc protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged \u201cvote theft\u201d in Faridabad on Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media, showed Parag Sharma, who contested the assembly election from Ballabgarh, walking with a Congress banner alongside Gajna Lamba.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>When Lamba attempted to move ahead of Sharma, the latter slapped her. Lamba retaliated by slapping Sharma.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Congress district president Baljit Kaushik and other leaders accompanying the march intervened to separate the two women.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The march was held in Old Faridabad, from Chandi Wali Dharamshala to Pathwari Mandir, under the leadership of Haryana Mahila Congress president Pearl Chaudhary and Kaushik.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Kaushik played down the incident, saying accidental physical contact was bound to happen when people walked together in a crowd. She added that the dispute between the two women would soon be resolved through a compromise.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>A Congress leader is learnt to have lodged a complaint against another at the Old Faridabad police station. However, police have not yet confirmed the complaint.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>(With PTI inputs)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/faridabad\/watch-2-congress-leaders-slap-each-other-during-vote-theft-protest-in-faridabad\/articleshow\/134805321.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions flared during a Faridabad protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, resulting in Congress leaders FARIDABAD: Two Congress leaders slapped each other during an INDIA bloc protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged \u201cvote theft\u201d in Faridabad on Thursday.A purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media, showed Parag 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