India, May 20 -- Political controversy erupted during the scrutiny of nominations for the Jagraon municipal council elections after nomination papers filed in the name of Sukhwinder Singh, alias Sukhwinder Bihla, - husband of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Sarvjit Kaur Manuke - were rejected from Ward No. 1, a seat reserved exclusively for women candidates.

Soon after the rejection came to light, Jagraon MLA Manuke dismissed the episode as a deliberate act of political mischief, asserting that her husband had neither filed nomination papers nor was he ever considered a candidate from the reserved ward. She maintained that Paramjit Kaur was the party's officially declared nominee from Ward No. 1 and alleged that the papers had been subm...