In his first electoral contest, 'Waris Punjab De' chief and Sikh fundamentalist Amritpal Singh, currently behind bars under the National Security Act, won the Khadoor Sahib seat by 197,120 votes over his nearest rival, Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira.
While Amritpal Singh got 404,4300 votes, Jeera got 207,310 votes. Aam Aadmi Party's Laljit Singh Bhullar stood third with 194836 votes. BJP's Manjit Singh Manna stood fifth with 86,373 votes, followed by Shiromani Akali Dal's Virsa Singh Valtoha with 86,416 votes.
For supporters and sympathizers, Amritpal Singh is the next generation of Sikh 'separatist leaders' like Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed in the Indian Army's Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also considers the late separatist as an "inspiration" for him.Radical Khalistan supporter and self-proclaimed preacher Amritpal Singh was running 'separatist' propaganda through speeches before going to jail.
On the radar of central investigative agencies, he was compared to Bhindranwale due to his appearance and wearing a dark blue turban, white overalls and a sword-shaped kirpan. However, unlike Bhindranwale, Amritpal Singh had no formal religious education. After dropping out of Polytechnic, he got his hair cut and his beard trimmed in Dubai. Amritpal Singh, who married UK-based NRI Kirandeep Kaur in 2023, has been involved in several controversies, kidnappings and issuing threats, according to police records.Amritpal Singh, a resident of Jallupur Kheda in Amritsar district, was unaccounted for until September 2022, when he returned to India from Dubai, where he was running his family's transportation business since 2012. After assuming the charge of 'Waris Punjab De', meaning successor of Punjab, he is trying to establish himself as a new base for the Panth cause by calling on the youth to "fight for the freedom" of the Panth. Were.
'Waris Punjab De' was founded in 2021 by lawyer-actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu. Sidhu, one of the accused in the Red Fort violence, died in a road accident near Sonipat, Haryana in February 2022.
In the Faridkot (reserved) seat, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, son of one of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassins, won by 70,053 votes over his nearest rival, AAP's Karamjit Singh Anmol.While Khalsa got 298,062 votes, Anmol got 228,009 votes. Amarjeet Kaur Sahoke of Congress stood third with 160357 votes.
BJP's Hans Raj Hans stood fifth with 123,533 votes.
In 2014 and 2009, Khalsa unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from Fatehgarh Sahib (Reserved) and Bathinda seats respectively. In 2019, he was the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.
Khalsa, a Class 12 dropout, is the son of Beant Singh, one of the two assassins of Indira Gandhi. On 31 October 1984, he was assassinated by the PM's bodyguards Beant Singh and Satwant Singh.His mother, Bimal Kaur, and his grandfather, Sucha Singh, became MPs from Ropar and Bathinda respectively in 1989.
While Amritpal Singh got 404,4300 votes, Jeera got 207,310 votes. Aam Aadmi Party's Laljit Singh Bhullar stood third with 194836 votes. BJP's Manjit Singh Manna stood fifth with 86,373 votes, followed by Shiromani Akali Dal's Virsa Singh Valtoha with 86,416 votes.
For supporters and sympathizers, Amritpal Singh is the next generation of Sikh 'separatist leaders' like Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed in the Indian Army's Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also considers the late separatist as an "inspiration" for him.Radical Khalistan supporter and self-proclaimed preacher Amritpal Singh was running 'separatist' propaganda through speeches before going to jail.
On the radar of central investigative agencies, he was compared to Bhindranwale due to his appearance and wearing a dark blue turban, white overalls and a sword-shaped kirpan. However, unlike Bhindranwale, Amritpal Singh had no formal religious education. After dropping out of Polytechnic, he got his hair cut and his beard trimmed in Dubai. Amritpal Singh, who married UK-based NRI Kirandeep Kaur in 2023, has been involved in several controversies, kidnappings and issuing threats, according to police records.Amritpal Singh, a resident of Jallupur Kheda in Amritsar district, was unaccounted for until September 2022, when he returned to India from Dubai, where he was running his family's transportation business since 2012. After assuming the charge of 'Waris Punjab De', meaning successor of Punjab, he is trying to establish himself as a new base for the Panth cause by calling on the youth to "fight for the freedom" of the Panth. Were.
'Waris Punjab De' was founded in 2021 by lawyer-actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu. Sidhu, one of the accused in the Red Fort violence, died in a road accident near Sonipat, Haryana in February 2022.
In the Faridkot (reserved) seat, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, son of one of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassins, won by 70,053 votes over his nearest rival, AAP's Karamjit Singh Anmol.While Khalsa got 298,062 votes, Anmol got 228,009 votes. Amarjeet Kaur Sahoke of Congress stood third with 160357 votes.
BJP's Hans Raj Hans stood fifth with 123,533 votes.
In 2014 and 2009, Khalsa unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from Fatehgarh Sahib (Reserved) and Bathinda seats respectively. In 2019, he was the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.
Khalsa, a Class 12 dropout, is the son of Beant Singh, one of the two assassins of Indira Gandhi. On 31 October 1984, he was assassinated by the PM's bodyguards Beant Singh and Satwant Singh.His mother, Bimal Kaur, and his grandfather, Sucha Singh, became MPs from Ropar and Bathinda respectively in 1989.
