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Chandigarh: When the first announcement was made that Sikh extremist Amritpal Singh would be contesting the parliamentary elections from the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, it came as a surprise to many, including his parents...
The declaration came 24 April from advocate Rajdev Singh Khalsa, who, acting as Amritpals legal counsel, stated that during a visit to Dibrugarh jail in Assam, he conveyed the Sikh communitys desire for Amritpal to run for office a proposal Amritpal accepted...
Khalsa, a leading criminal lawyer from Barnala and a Sikh hardliner, dons many hats from being an old guard Akali leader, an MP from Punjabs Sangrur, leader of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, to briefly supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and then joining the Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
I continued to remain loyal to Master Tara Singh even when the Akali Dal was divided into two factions one headed by Master Tara Singh and the other by Sant Fateh Singh, said Khalsa, who also remained the president of the All India Sikh Student Federation for three years from 1968 to 1970...
When the incidents of sacrilege took place in Punjab (in 2015), the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat started supporting Prakash Singh Badal, giving them a clean chit, while I always held that it was Shiromani Akali Dal that was responsible for the incident..
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