Opinion | Radical Preacher To Poll Candidate: What Amritpal Singh’s Leap Into Lok Sabha Elections Means For Punjab

File photo of radical preacher Amritpal Singh (C) at Golden Temple in Amritsar in 2022. ( Image Source :PTI )

On 1 June, Punjab will cast its votes in a historic election that promises to be as complex as it is contentious. The political arena is set for a four-way battle, with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress parting ways and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of the Badals and the BJP entering the fray as lone wolves. Amid this fractured landscape, a seismic shift has occurred with the announcement that Amritpal Singh, the incarcerated Sikh preacher and pro-Khalistan leader of Waris Punjab De, will