![Congress takes a lead in Punjab. Congress takes a lead in Punjab.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Faapnai-17jpg_1717482371376.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
June 3, 2024, 11:26 PM - 3 mins read
Congress candidates were leading from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Patiala, and Ludhiana seats and the AAP was ahead in Hoshiarpur, Sangrur, and Anandpur Sahib, the trends showed.
Read more![From left to right: Amritpal Singh, (Independent ) Virsa Singh Voltoha (SAD) and Laljit Singh Bhullar (AAP.)
From left to right: Amritpal Singh, (Independent ) Virsa Singh Voltoha (SAD) and Laljit Singh Bhullar (AAP.)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fopinionnaijpg_1716974214492.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 29, 2024, 02:16 AM - 5 mins read
The constituency has come into focus with jailed radical preacher Amritpal contesting independently against the traditional parties including the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is getting a lot of traction and is considered to be a favourite to win from here.
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May 18, 2024, 01:27 AM - 7 mins read
Amritpal will definitely cut into the vote share of the SAD-B. Given its predominantly panthic composition, Khadoor Sahib was considered to be the SAD-B bastion till 2019, when the Congress candidate Jasbir Singh Dimpa defeated the SAD-B candidate Bibi Jagir Kaur by a margin of over one lakh votes.
Read more![SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal (left), Amritpal (right). SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal (left), Amritpal (right).](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fbadalamritpalnaijpg_1715795901390.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 15, 2024, 10:58 AM - 3 mins read
"How can a person who wears a 'chola' and partakes 'Amrit' one year back represent the 'panth' and not a 103-year-old party which has a consistent track record of safeguarding 'panthic' values," said Badal.
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April 29, 2024, 05:45 AM - 3 mins read
It is good that Amritpal has opted for electoral politics. In fact, he has not advocated any armed struggle either although his tone has been defiant and rebellious. It is equally good that the Akali Dal has decided to field a strong candidate, whose panthic credentials are unparalleled, against him.
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April 24, 2024, 09:40 AM - 3 mins read
Now Amritpal is believed to be considering contesting as an independent candidate, provided he is not opposed by any other Akali party, including the Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal headed by Sukhbir Singh Badal.
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March 8, 2024, 07:14 PM - 2 mins read
This cell was notably occupied by Amritpal Singh, the leader of the pro-separatist group "Waris Punjab De" and a radical Sikh preacher, since his arrest in April of the previous year.
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