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After living in Dubai for a decade, he returned to Punjab in September 2022, having been controversially appointed as the leader of Waris Punjab De and started a campaign which encouraged youth to refrain from drugs, adopt a traditionalist form of Sikhism, and advocated a sovereign Punjabi Sikh nation state called Khalistan.
Jun 4, 2024 · Jailed Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh on Tuesday won Punjab's Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat by 1,97,120 votes against Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira, according to the Election Commission.
Feb 24, 2023 · Punjab. Waris Punjab De, which translates to 'the heirs of Punjab', is an organisation floated by lawyer-actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu in 2021. It is now headed by Amritpal Singh, a self-proclaimed follower of pro-Khalistan slain militant Bhindranwale.
Apr 23, 2023 · Indian police have arrested 30-year-old Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland in Punjab, stirring fears of violence in a state with a history of...
Mar 18, 2023 · He came to the notice of Punjab’s politicians and police only six months ago when he was anointed the head of Waris Punjab De, an organisation founded by actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu. Amritpal and his supporters claim Sidhu, who died in a road accident in February 2022, was murdered by the ‘state’.
A letter appeared on a Facebook account of Waris Punjab De on 4 March 2022 appointing Amritpal as the organisation's leader. The appointment remains controversial. According to some sources, Sidhu had appointed Harnek Singh Uppal as the head of the organisation even while he was alive.
Mar 20, 2023 · A month later, Singh was appointed head of Waris Punjab De (Heirs of Punjab), an organisation formed by Deep Sidhu, an actor and activist who was arrested in connection with violence during a...
Oct 8, 2022 · Meet Amritpal Singh, the 29-year-old who returned after 10 years from Dubai only two months back, has become the head of an outfit formed by actor Deep Sidhu and is being called, in Punjab's religio-political circles, the Bhindranwale 2.0.
Apr 23, 2023 · NEW DELHI — Indian police on Sunday arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India's northern Punjab state, which has a history of...
Apr 23, 2023 · Sikh separatist leader and head of Waris Punjab De, or Punjab’s Heirs, Amritpal Singh, canter in yellow turban, stands outside a house with his supporters in the village Jallupur Khera, near Amritsar, India, Saturday, Jan.7, 2023.
