Khadoor Sahib MP-Elect Amritpal Singh's Father Meets Him In Assam Jail After Poll Win, Asks Govt To 'Withdraw All Cases'

Amritpal Singh's parents, Tarsem Singh and Balwinder Kaur, were received at the airport by his wife Kirandeep Kaur, who has been in Dibrugarh since June 5.

The parents of Amritpal Singh, leader of 'Waris De Punjab' and newly elected independent MP from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib constituency, visited him in Dibrugarh Central jail on Saturday. His father, Tarsem Singh, conveyed Amritpal's gratitude to voters and called on the government to drop the charges against him, allowing him to serve his constituency in the Lok Sabha. The visit came after Singh secured victory in the recent parliamentary elections, despite his incarceration since March 2023. 

"He (Amritpal Singh) asked to thank every voter who supported him... He will work to serve the public... The public has given such a big mandate, the government should withdraw all the cases and should allow him to raise the voice of Punjab in Lok Sabha," Tarsem Singh told reporters after meeting his son in the jail. 

"It is not in either his or our hands to get him out of here for his oath-taking ceremony. The legal procedures would have to be checked and followed to initiate steps in this direction," he added.   

Amritpal Singh's parents, Tarsem Singh and Balwinder Kaur, were received at the airport by his wife Kirandeep Kaur, who has been in Dibrugarh since June 5. They went to the jail to meet their son, who has been held there since March 2023. 

"We are very happy that our son has won the elections. We have come to meet him so that he will also feel happy that people love him and elected him by such a huge margin," Amritpal's father had said before him. 

According to a PTI report, Balwinder Kaur was seen distributing sweets to jail employees, celebrating her son's victory. She mentioned bringing a new set of clothes and shoes for her son for his oath-taking ceremony as an MP. 

Amritpal's wife was accompanied by advocate and former Punjab MP Rajdeo Singh Khalsa, who said that all necessary legal steps were being taken to secure his release. Khalsa, according to PTI, claimed that the Sikh community voted for Amritpal because they saw "leadership qualities" in him. 

Amritpal Singh won the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat by 1,97,120 votes as an independent candidate, defeating Congress's Kulbir Singh Zira and AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar. Amritpal polled 4,04,430 votes, Zira received 2,07,310 votes, and Bhullar 1,94, 836 votes. 

Ten members of the pro-Khalistani outfit, including Amritpal and one of his uncles, have been in Dibrugarh Central Jail since March 19 last year. They were arrested under the National Security Act following a crackdown on the outfit.