Bathinda: Jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh‘s father Tarsem Singh and Faridkot MP Sarabjit Singh Khalsa announced the formation of a new political party, Akali Dal Waris Punjab De, on “Panth Bachao, Punjab Bachao” (Save Panth, save Punjab) theme at the Maghi Mela conference in Muktsar on Tuesday.
The Waris Punjab De was founded by late Deep Sidhu and later headed by Amritpal Singh.
In the absence of Amritpal — nominated as “mukh sewadar” (head) — a five-member executive committee was established, including Tarsem Singh, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, Bhai Amarjit Singh, Bhai Harbhajan Singh Tur, and Bhai Surjit Singh, to manage the party’s affairs until a president is elected by Baisakhi at Takhat Damdama Sahib.
A seven-member committee was formed to oversee the enrolment of new members who will choose delegates and another five-member committee was set up to prepare the constitution, agenda, and policy framework by Baisakhi.
The main agenda of the party will be to strengthen Sikh institutions, raising awareness about the release of Sikh detainees (Bandi Singhs), fighting drug abuse, combating brain drain, and “ensuring that Punjab remains for Punjabis”. It also plans to address issues such as sacrilege, police reform, and false police cases and encounters. Tarsem Singh and MP Khalsa said that after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), headed by the Badal family, was rejected by the people, a void was felt that needed to be filled. Going by it, the political party was formed to take panthic sentiments ahead, they said.
Amritpal was lodged under UAPA and NSA at Assam’s Dibrugarh jail after he was taken into custody from Gurdwara Sant Khalsa, associated with Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal’s 14th head Jarnail Singh Khalsa, at Rode village in Moga district on April 23, 2023. He contested the parliamentary election from Khadoor Sahib while lodged in jail and won by the biggest margin in all 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab of 1.97 lakh votes on June 4, 2024.
Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, son of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of former PM Indira Gandhi, won as an independent candidate from Faridkot parliamentary constituency by over 70,000 votes. Waris Punjab De founder Deep Sidhu’s brother Mandeep Sidhu, Sukhwinder Singh Agwan, nephew of another assassin of Indira Gandhi, Satwant Singh, and others are associated with the party.
The Waris Punjab De was founded by late Deep Sidhu and later headed by Amritpal Singh.
In the absence of Amritpal — nominated as “mukh sewadar” (head) — a five-member executive committee was established, including Tarsem Singh, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, Bhai Amarjit Singh, Bhai Harbhajan Singh Tur, and Bhai Surjit Singh, to manage the party’s affairs until a president is elected by Baisakhi at Takhat Damdama Sahib.
A seven-member committee was formed to oversee the enrolment of new members who will choose delegates and another five-member committee was set up to prepare the constitution, agenda, and policy framework by Baisakhi.
The main agenda of the party will be to strengthen Sikh institutions, raising awareness about the release of Sikh detainees (Bandi Singhs), fighting drug abuse, combating brain drain, and “ensuring that Punjab remains for Punjabis”. It also plans to address issues such as sacrilege, police reform, and false police cases and encounters. Tarsem Singh and MP Khalsa said that after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), headed by the Badal family, was rejected by the people, a void was felt that needed to be filled. Going by it, the political party was formed to take panthic sentiments ahead, they said.
Amritpal was lodged under UAPA and NSA at Assam’s Dibrugarh jail after he was taken into custody from Gurdwara Sant Khalsa, associated with Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal’s 14th head Jarnail Singh Khalsa, at Rode village in Moga district on April 23, 2023. He contested the parliamentary election from Khadoor Sahib while lodged in jail and won by the biggest margin in all 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab of 1.97 lakh votes on June 4, 2024.
Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, son of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of former PM Indira Gandhi, won as an independent candidate from Faridkot parliamentary constituency by over 70,000 votes. Waris Punjab De founder Deep Sidhu’s brother Mandeep Sidhu, Sukhwinder Singh Agwan, nephew of another assassin of Indira Gandhi, Satwant Singh, and others are associated with the party.
