A local court today stayed the arrest of Congress candidate from Kapurthala seat, Rana Gurjit Singh, his son and some other party leaders who had allegedly defied prohibitory orders ahead of January 30 Assembly polls. District and Sessions Judge Sunita Sharma stayed the arrest of Rana Gurjit Singh, his son Vir Partap Singh and a few other local Congress leaders till January 31.

Rana, Vir Partap Singh and some other local Congress leaders were booked for staging a dharna outside the District Court complex on Friday allegedly defying prohibitory orders clamped in the district. The Judge also stayed the arrest of some other local Congress leaders including Councilor Sham Sunder Aggarwal, Jarnail Singh Meripur, Rajesh Verma, Narinder Singh and Baba Jiwan Singh till January 31. All these leaders were booked by Kapurthala police for damaging the four cars of SAD candidate Sarabjit Singh Makkar on Thursday night.

Meanwhile, Rana Gurjit Singh, at a press conference here today, alleged the district administration and police were supporting Makkar in the distribution of liquor to woo voters. He further alleged Makkar supporters were openly carrying lethal weapons and threatening the voters.

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