Twelve of the 13 not too long ago elected Members of Parliament from Punjab took oath within the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, aside from Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, who was elected an MP from Khadoor Sahib.
All 12 MPs — seven from the Congress, three from the AAP, one from the SAD and an Unbiased — took oath in Punjabi. MP-elect Amritpal, an NSA detainee lodged in a Dibrugarh jail, couldn’t come to the decrease home. Amritpal wrote to the Punjab authorities on June 11, in search of non permanent launch from detention to take oath as an MP, in line with his counsel Imaan Singh Khara. Nonetheless, the process requires him to get permission from the court docket.
Tarsem Singh, the novel preacher’s father, mentioned the household has no data on the federal government’s response to the letter.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was current within the Lok Sabha in the course of the oath-taking ceremony. Sukhjinder Randhawa was the primary to take the oath, adopted by GS Aujla. After that Protem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab referred to as the identify of Amritpal Singh, however he was not current. Three ruling occasion MPs, who took the oath of workplace and secrecy, are — Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Sangrur, Malvinder Singh Kang from Anandpur Sahib and Dr Raj Kumar Chabewal from Hoshairpur.
Apart from Channi, the Congress MPs included Amrinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana, Dr Amar Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib, Dr Dharamvira Gandhi from Patiala, Sher Singh Ghubaya from Ferozpur, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Gurdaspur and GS Aujla from Amritsar.
Lone SAD MP from Bhatinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Unbiased MP from Faridkot Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, who’s the son of the murderer of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, additionally took the oath.
Mann congratulated all newly elected MPs from Punjab who took the oath of workplace for formally turning into MPs.
Speaking to mediapersons outdoors Parliament, Mann mentioned, “All our three MPs are very skilled and clever. They’re nicely conscious of the problems regarding Punjab. They know the best way to get issues executed.”
Hayer, a two-time MLA, was a minister holding a number of portfolios within the incumbent Punjab authorities.
Kang has been energetic in politics for an extended. He has been into social work since scholar politics years and has been serving because the chief spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab for the previous two years.
Chabbewal, additionally a two-time MLA, has executed a lot work for the frequent folks and the poor in his space.
Mann mentioned, “All three AAP MPs will elevate their voice for Punjab’s rights and put forth the problems of the frequent folks of the state in parliament. Our MPs may even elevate the problem of Punjab’s pending funds in parliament and stress the Centre to launch the fund quickly.”
Amritpal had contested the Lok Sabha elections as an unbiased and polled 4,04,430 votes. He defeated Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira by a margin of 1,97,120 votes.
Lately, his detention was prolonged by a yr from April 23. The Punjab authorities had issued the extension order on June 3, a day earlier than the Lok Sabha election outcomes got here out.
Amritpal, who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested in Rode village in Punjab’s Moga on April 23 final yr following an over a month-long manhunt.
The unconventional chief had escaped the police internet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching automobiles and altering appearances. Singh and his associates have been booked in a number of prison circumstances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try and homicide, attacking police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
With PTI Inputs