NEW DELHI—Co-Incharge of Aam Aadmi Party affairs in Punjab, S. Jarnail Singh has resigned from Delhi assembly to contest election against Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Badal from Lambi constituency. Jarnail Singh was spearheading the legislative assembly of Rajauri Garden (New Delhi) in Delhi Assembly. He was nominated by AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal to contest elections against Parkash Badal in Lambi.
Jarnail Singh submitted his resignation to Delhi assembly speaker Ramniwas Goyal on January 6.
To be able to contest the election from Lambi, Jarnail Singh had his vote revoked from Delhi so he could vote in Lambi constituency. He was earlier denied voting right from Lambi constituency by the Election Commission, which asked him to quit from Delhi assembly to receive voting right in Punjab.
Jarnail Singh, a former journalist by profession, had come into limelight when he had hurled shoe on former Congress minister P. Chidambram for not answering a question about 1984 Sikh genocide. Later, he was inducted by the Aam Aadmi Party and was nominated for Parliament seat of Rajauri Garden in 2014 from where he had lost the election. Later, he succeeded in winning the assembly seat of Rajauri Garden in February 2015.
After becoming an MLA, he played vital role in getting the ‘Condemnation Resolution’ passed by the Delhi assembly about 1984 Sikh genocide.
He should win from Delhi and try to get justice for the victims of Genocide-3.
He will achieve far more with power and authority of Punjab behind him. Which is of course why you want him to stay in Delhi.