SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN

Simranjit Singh Mann (born 20 May 1945) is a former IPS officer of the 1967 Punjab batch. Mann retired a few days after Operation Blue Star. Due to his Khalistan activities, he was imprisoned for many years first in Bharatpur (Rajasthan), then in Bhagalpur (Bihar), Mumbai (Maharashtra) and finally spent a long time in solitary confinement in Chennai. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is a Sikh nationalist political movement led by Simranjit Singh Mann and the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal. They are using "Balti" (Punjabi word meaning bucket) as their election symbol. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) was founded on 1 May1994. Their victory in the Lok Sabha in 2022 after more than two decades was seen as a political vacuum created by the resurgence of Sikhism and the collapse of other parties in Punjab. The last major victory of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) was in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, when the party and its allies won 10 out of 13 seats in Punjab.He is a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, and has been representing the Sangrur constituency since 2022. Mann has been an MP three times; He is considered a supporter of Khalistan and his party is known for its support for Khalistan. Now the leader of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has registered with the Election Commission of India as Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Man), who brought peace to Punjab to achieve success in the "unsettled states" between India and Pakistan.