Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sarabjit Singh, the son of one of many assassins of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, introduced on Thursday his intention to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Faridkot seat in Punjab.
Sarabjit Singh stated that he acquired requests from many individuals in Faridkot to contest the elections. He talked about that he intends to run as an unbiased candidate in the upcoming polls.
Sarabjit Singh is the son of Beant Singh, one of many two people concerned in the assassination of Gandhi. Beant Singh, together with Satwant Singh, who served because the prime minister’s bodyguards, killed her on October 31, 1984, at her residence.
Sarabjit Singh fought 2004 Lok Sabha polls
Sarabjit Singh’s earlier electoral makes an attempt embrace an unsuccessful bid in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from the Bathinda seat, the place he garnered 1.13 lakh votes. He additionally contested the 2007 Punjab Assembly elections from the Bhadaur seat in Barnala, albeit unsuccessfully.
Sarabjit Singh made one other try in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, contesting from the Fatehgarh Sahib seat, however was unsuccessful as soon as extra. His mom, Bimal Kaur, was elected as an MP from the Ropar seat in 1989.
Meanwhile, the AAP has nominated actor Karamjit Anmol as its candidate for the Faridkot Lok Sabha seat, whereas the BJP has introduced singer Hans Raj Hans as its candidate for the upcoming polls. The Faridkot seat is at the moment held by Congress MP Mohammad Sadique.
Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency
Faridkot is likely one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. The state has 13 parliamentary seats. The Faridkot seat includes 9 Assembly segments together with Nihalsinghwala (SC), Baghapurana, Moga, Dharamkot, Gidderbaha, Faridkot, Kotkapura, Jaitu, Rampuraphul. The constituency is a SC seat.
The Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are the principle events in the constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Mohammad Sadique from INC received the seat with a margin of 83,256 votes. Mohammad Sadique was polled 419,065 votes with a vote share of 43.00 % and defeated Gulzar Singh Ranike from SAD who acquired 335,809 votes (34.43 %). In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Prof. Sadhu Singh from AAP received the seat and was polled 450,751 votes with a vote share of 43.66%. SAD candidate Paramjit Kaur Gulshan acquired 278,235 votes (26.95 %) and was the runner-up.Prof. Sadhu Singh defeated Paramjit Kaur Gulshan by a margin of 172,516 votes.
India TV-CNX opinion ballot for Punjab
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) below the management of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann might win six seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. The BJP can also be probably to enhance its tally and should seize three seats, in accordance to India TV-CNX opinion ballot. The Congress is probably going to win three seats whereas Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) might get only one. It must be famous right here that the polling for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will happen on June 1, whereas the counting of votes will happen on June 4.
Punjab Lok Sabha Elections
Voting in all 13 seats in Punjab will take in the seventh part on June 1 in the course of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab are Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Khadoor Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala.
(With PTI inputs)
