Dibrugarh, June 4: Jailed Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh won the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat of Punjab by a margin of 1,97,120 votes.
Amritpal Singh, who fought the electoral battle from an Assam Dibrugarh jail, 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.
Singh was arrested last year after a massive crackdown, charged under the National Security Act (NSA), and is currently lodged in a prison in Dibrugarh.
In 2019, Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Jasbir Singh Gill secured the victory for his party from the Khadoor Sahib seat.
Amritpal Singh, the leader of Waris Punjab De, has been imprisoned at Dibrugarh Central Jail since April 23, 2023, following his arrest in Punjab.
Along with him are his nine top aides including Papalpreet Singh, Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bhukhanwala, Harjit Singh, Basant Singh, Gurinder Singh Aujla and Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke. All of them are facing charges under the National Security Act (NSA) and other criminal offenses.
The Returning Officer of the Khadoor Sahib constituency handed over Amritpal’s election certificate to his family members.
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