In a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party Party (BJP), its candidate for the Gurdaspur by-poll in Punjab Swaran Salaria has been accused of rape. The complainant has moved the Supreme Court with her plea against Swaran Salaria claiming that she was physically exploited by him on the pretext of marriage. The woman has made her intimate photographs with Swaran Salaria public. The complainant has claimed that Swaran Salaria exploited her physically between 1982 and 2014 on the pretext of marrying her. She claimed that Swaran Salaria initially kept her in a paying guest accommodation but later gave her a flat to live in.

Source: India Today October 06, 2017 05:03 UTC