Son of Beant Singh, who was one of the assassins of Indira Gandhi, will be contesting from Punjab's Faridkot seat as an independent candidate in Lok Sabha polls. Sarabjit Singh announced his candidature for the approaching Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.
Sarabjit said many people from Faridkot asked him to fight the elections, adding that he will contest the poll as an independent.
Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, who were the then-prime minister's bodyguards, killed Gandhi on October 31, 1984, at her residence.
Singh had unsuccessfully fought the 2004 Lok Sabha polls from Bathinda seat and had polled 1.13 lakh votes. He had also unsuccessfully contested the 2007 Punjab assembly polls from Bhadaur seat in Barnala.
Singh had again tried his luck in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Fatehgarh Sahib seat but lost again. His mother Bimal Kaur was elected an MP from the Ropar seat in 1989.
The AAP has fielded actor Karamjit Anmol from the Faridkot Lok Sabha seat while the BJP has named singer Hans Raj Hans for the polls.
The Faridkot seat is currently represented by Congress MP Mohammad Sadique.
Punjab will go to polls in the seventh phase, scheduled for June 1.
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