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Election of Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh challenged in High Court

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In this regard, Vikramjit Singh, who was an independent candidate from Khadur Sahib, has filed a petition in the Punjab-Haryana High Court.

The victory of Amritpal Singh, who became an MP from Punjab's Khadur Sahib, has been challenged in the court. In this regard, Vikramjit Singh, who was an independent candidate from Khadur Sahib, has filed a petition in the Punjab-Haryana High Court.

Vikramjit has based five points in the petition and has argued that Amritpal hid the information of fund, donation and expenditure. The High Court will hear this petition on August 6.

It is to be noted that Amritpal contested the election while in jail and defeated the Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira by a huge margin and 17 days ago he took oath as a Member of Parliament in Delhi.

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