Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, recently jailed in Assam under the National Security Law, will fight in the Lok Sabha election from the Khadoor Sahib headquarters in Punjab as an independent candidate, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
However, his father, Tarsem Singh, said he would only comment on the matter after meeting his son on Thursday, while claiming that Amritpal Singh had in the past shown no interest in joining politics.
Amritpal Singh’s legal adviser, Rajdev Singh Khalsa, said he met the preacher in Dibrugarh prison on Wednesday and asked him to stand for election.
“I met today with Bhai Sahab (Amritpal Singh) in Dibrugarh Central Prison and during the meeting I asked Bhai Sahab for the sake of ‘Khalsa Panth’ to fight this time for the elections of Khadoor Sahib to become a member of parliament.
“Bhai Sahab accepted my request at the Panthic. . . He will fight as an independent candidate,” Khalsa said.
Amritpal Singh, leader of the “Waris Punjab De” group, was arrested in April last year and the NSA invoked his opposition.
He and his affiliates have recently been incarcerated in Dibrugarh prison.
Amritpal Singh, named after murdered Khalistani activist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, arrested in the village of Rode in Moga on April 23 last year, after a manhunt that lasted more than a month.
The Khalistan supporter had police networks in the Jalandhar district in March last year, transforming cars and transforming their appearance.
The Punjab police initiated the crackdown following the Ajnala incident on February 23 last year, in which Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and stormed the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police over the death of Lovepreet Singh Toofan. one of his collaborators.
He and his affiliates were charged with several criminal cases including class discord, attempted murder, attacks on police personnel, and obstruction of the lawful performance of their duties by public officials.
(This story has not been edited through Devdiscourse and is automatically generated from a syndicated feed. )