Amritpal Singh airlifted from Dibrugarh jail to Delhi to take oath

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was shifted from Dibrugarh Central Jail at 4 am on Friday for an oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi.

According to sources, he got into the police car wearing a white shirt, black pants and an orange turban.

Singh was first taken to the Mohanbari Air Force Base in eight Punjab and Dibrugarh police vehicles.

On July 3, the radical preacher, who was elected as MP from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib constituency while in prison, was granted four days of parole so he could take the oath of office. Singh, currently lodged in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act, had asked for interim release so he could take the oath.

The conditions set out in Singh’s parole order are strict, barring him or his relatives from making any public statements during his visit to New Delhi. In addition, any form of media coverage, including videography or dissemination of statements, is strictly prohibited.

Significantly, Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, will be sworn in as MP from Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday.

Amritpal Singh, leader of the political group ‘Waris Punjab De’, contested the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate and defeated Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira by a margin of almost 2 lakh votes.

Meanwhile, Amritpal Singh’s father Tarsem Singh, speaking during the oath-taking ceremony, said that he will meet Amritpal Singh in Delhi today.

He said, “Our demand is that Amritpal Singh should be allowed to meet the people who elected him. We demand that Amritpal Singh’s release be extended. If there is a need to meet the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Home Minister in this regard, we will meet them and put our demands before them.”