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He let thousands of vehicles pass through this toll plaza without paying any toll and now he is in favour of paying charges. “Ludhiana MP has been misguiding people on the issue of toll and he is still trying to gain cheap publicity by indulging into such actions. Interestingly, after seeing Bittu’s motorcade, the toll barrier staff tried to let it pass without charging but Bittu forcibly paid toll charges.Responding to his actions, district president of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Ranjit Singh Dhillon dubbed them as theatrics ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Asked why he paid the toll even after the toll authorities were giving him the exemption as an MP, he said, “As an MP I may be exempted from paying toll tax but I am entitled for this facility only when I am travelling in my official vehicle. He will be given the reply by Ludhiana residents whom he tried to fool by raking up the issue of toll and then running away from it without getting the toll charges waived off permanently,” he said.Bittu however claimed that he was not against paying toll to the company which was executing the national highway work..