What did Virsa Singh Valtoha post?
Valtoha said in a facebook post that he met Amritpal's father Tarsem Singh and mother Balwinder Kaur near the golden temple in Amritsar, where they were discussing a protest demanding transfer of NSA detainees from assam to Punjab. Are sitting. Valtoha discussed the lok sabha elections with the family.
According to the post, he also urged Amritpal's family to support him in the parliamentary elections. On Sunday, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) led by Simranjit Mann said it would support Amritpal. Mann had said that after filing nomination papers for the elections on behalf of Amritpal, his party will withdraw its candidate from Khadur Sahib seat.
Valtoha is the spokesperson of Shiromani Akali Dal
Valtoha, who is also the SAD spokesperson, became mla in 2007 and 2012. He unsuccessfully contested the 2022 assembly elections from Khem karan assembly seat. Apart from Amritpal, Valtoha will face AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar and bjp candidate Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind from the Khadur Sahib seat, which is currently represented by congress mp Jasbir Singh Dimpa.
On Monday, congress fielded former mla Kulbir Singh Zira from this seat. Khadur Sahib lok sabha seat, popularly called a 'Panthik' seat, came into existence in 2008. The lok sabha constituency consists of nine assembly constituencies – Jandiala, Tarn Taran, Khem karan, Patti, Khadur Sahib, baba Bakala, Kapurthala, Sultanpur Lodhi and Zira. . In 2009, SAD's Ratan Singh Ajnala became mp and in 2014, Akali candidate Ranjit Singh Brahmpura won this seat.
