Punjab election results 2024: Khalistani leader and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, who is currently in jail in Dibrugarh under the National Security Act (NSA), on Tuesday won the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat in Punjab
by a massive margin.
Amritpal Singh, who fought the electoral battle from an Assam jail and did not even step foot in the Khadoor Sahib constituency for campaigning, secured 4,04,430 votes as opposed to Congress’s Kulbir Singh Zira’s 2,07,310 votes. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Laljit Singh Bhullar came in third with 1,94,836 votes.
He won by a margin of 1,97,120 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) data.
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Who is Amritpal Singh?
Amritpal Singh, the Waris Punjab De chief and Khalistani activist, made headlines after a mob attacked a police station over the arrest of one of his supporters in February 2023.
He was arrested last year after a massive crackdown as he went absconding for months before surrendering himself. He charged under the National Security Act (NSA), and is currently lodged in a prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh.
Amritpal Singh, 31, contested as an Independent candidate with his campaign led by his father Tarsem Singh and local supporters. The streets were lined with posters of the preacher depicting him with swords and bullet-proof vests. According to his father, people from across Punjab are independently coming forward to support Amritpal.
Amritpal Singh’s campaign was concentrated on fighting Punjab’s drug menace, discharging ex-Sikh militants from jail, and protecting the Sikh identity in the nation.