Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government on Friday informed the Punjab & Haryana High Court that the state has facilitated ‘Waris Punjab De’ head Amritpal Singh, currently detained under the National Security Act (NSA), to file his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.
Considering that the prayers made in the petition had already been complied with, Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj said that the petition would be “infructuous”, according to a Live Law report.
Two sets of nomination forms and other paperwork were filled in and signed by Amritpal Singh on May 9. He was also allowed to meet his proposer and Advocate at Dibrugarh Central Jail, DAG Punjab, Arjun Sheoran informed the Court.
“The Superintendent Central Jail Dibrugarh will administer the oath to the detenue as per the provisions of law including Handbook for Candidate, 2023 and issue Certificate for Receipt of Oath and send original form of Oath to Returning Officer, 03- Khadoor Sahab, (Punjab). The oath will be administered as and when a request is made by the detenue after his nomination form is submitted before the Returning Officer,” Sheoran added.
Separatist and “Waris Punjab De” chief Amritpal Singh plans to contest as an independent candidate from Punjab’s Sri Khadoor Sahib constituency that goes to poll on June 1 in the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2024.
Ten members of the pro-Khalistani outfit, including its top leader Amritpal Singh are jailed in Dibrugarh since March 19, 2023, after they were arrested under the NSA from different parts of Punjab following a crackdown on the outfit.
Singh approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday seeking temporary release to file his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
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