The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib. “In this case, respondent number four had said that he does not owe allegiance to the Constitution of India,” the petitioner, who appeared in-person, said. The petitioner said he was not a voter of Khadoor …
Singh's father had earlier said his son was not willing to fight an electoral contest but he changed his mind at the instance of 'sangat'. Shiromani Akali Dal head and Khalistan sympathiser Simranjit Singh Mann extended his party's support to Singh and did not field any candidate from the Khadoor Sahib seat. Khalsa, the son of Beant Singh, one of …
Parents of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh, Tarsem Singh and Balwinder Kaur, on Tuesday lifted their over two-month-long sit-in protest at Heritage Street near the Golden Temple to start the poll campaign at the Khadoor Sahib LS segment. Accompanied by various Sikh activists and kin of other NSA detainees, Amritpal’s parents visited the Golden Temple and performed ardas in …
