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Simranjit Singh Mann
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Assumed office
26 June 2022
Preceded byBhagwant Mann
ConstituencySangrur
In office
6 October 1999 – 13 May 2004
Preceded bySurjit Singh Barnala
Succeeded bySukhdev Singh Dhindsa
ConstituencySangrur
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byTarlochan Singh Tur
Succeeded bySurinder Singh Kairon
ConstituencyTarn Taran
President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Assumed office
1 May 1994
Member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
In office
1996–2011
ConstituencyBassi Pathana
Personal details
Born (1945-05-20) 20 May 1945 (age 78)
Shimla, Punjab, British India
(present-day Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Other political
affiliations		Shiromani Akali Dal (until 1991)
Children3
EducationB.A. (Hons.) (Gold Medalist)
Alma materGovt College, Chandigarh
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAgriculturist & Police Officer

Simranjit Singh Mann (born 20 May 1945)[1] is a Khalistani separatist politician and an MP representing the constituency of Sangrur since 2022.[2][3][4] He is the president of the political party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar). Mann is a three-time MP; once from Taran Tarn between 1989 and 1991, and twice in Sangrur between 1999-2004 and since 2022.[5][6]

Early life[edit]

Born in Shimla on 20 May 1945.[1] His father Joginder Singh Mann, was a speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1967.[7] He is married to Geetinder Kaur Mann.[8] Mann's wife and Punjab Former CM Amarinder Singh's wife Preneet Kaur are sisters.[9]

He was educated at the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and Government College Chandigarh. He was a gold medalist in the subjects of "History", "Punjabi", "Religion" and "Political Science".[1]

He has a son and two daughters.[1][10][11][12]

Indian Police Service[edit]

He had appeared for Central Civil Services Examination in 1966, and subsequently joined the Indian Police Service in 1967, and served in the Punjab Cadre of the Service.[1]

He served as Aide-de-camp ADC to Governor of Punjab. He was posted as a police officer in several districts.[13] He served in several positions, including ASP Ludhiana, SSP Ferozepur, SSP Faridkot, AIG GRP Punjab-Patiala division, Deputy Director of Vigilance Bureau Chandigarh, Commandant of Punjab Armed Police and Group Commandant of CISF, Bombay.[1]

He resigned from Indian Police Service on 18 June 1984 in protest of the Operation Blue Star.[1][13] In July 1984 he was dismissed from IPS.[1]

Political career[edit]

He was charged with the conspiracy to assassinate Indira Gandhi. He was arrested on 29 November 1984 and spent five years in Bhagalpur prison.[1]

He was elected as the president of the new party United Shiromani Akali Dal.[1]

Due to his 1984 Political involvements he won 1989 Lok sabha elections from Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency) in absentia with their 6 other candidates on Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) ticket and 3 other candidates also won backed by them.[14] Afterwards he won 1999 Lok Sabha elections from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. He also won 1996, 2004 SGPC elections from Bassi Pathana.[14]

Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha[edit]

1989–1991[edit]

He was elected in absentia to the Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Tarn Taran by an overwhelming majority, and unconditionally released "in the interests of the State" in November 1989, with all charges dropped. By this time he had spent five years in prison.[15]

In 1990, Mann insisted on bearing his Kirpan (small sword) into the Parliament session, a religious rite in the Sikh Faith. The security regulations of the Parliament did not allow arms into the house. Accordingly was denied entry into the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament house) with the weapon. Mann decided to not attend the Parliament.[12] He subsequently resigned his seat in protest.[16]

1999-2004[edit]

On 3 November 1999, after Mann was elected to the Lok Sabha by winning in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the Government of India and the Passport Office in Chandigarh to issue a passport to him.[17]

On 23 March 2004, Prakash Singh Badal accused Mann of running derogatory ads against him and indulging in character assassination.[18]

He contested for re-election in the 2004 Indian general election from Sangrur constituency but lost the election and came on third position.

He remained the president of the SAD (Amritsar) party for eighteen years. In the 2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election SAD (Amritsar) contested on 60 seats. Radical organization Dal Khalsa (International) had supported candidates of SAD (Amritsar). Mann had contested from Dhanaula Assembly constituency and his son Emaan Singh Mann contested from Sirhind. All the 60 candidates including Mann lost the election with big margins. Most candidates of SAD (Amritsar) had lost their security deposit in the election. Mann offered to resign after his party's poor performance.[13]

2022-present[edit]

In the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he lost to Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Amargarh Assembly Constituency.[19]

In June 2022, he won the by-poll for the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency vacated by then MP, Bhagwant Mann, who went to become Chief Minister of Punjab, Mann won the election by a margin of 5,822 votes. During the election he campaigned for the release of Sikh prisoners.[20] [21] His grandson was in-charge of his election campaign.[22]

In August 2022, he objected to President Droupadi Murmu being referred to as the name "Rashtrapati". He said, "I strongly believe Rashtrapati word is an insult to a woman President." His comments were expunged from the records of the parliament.[23] He asked for elections in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of Sikhs.[24]

Political positions[edit]

Khalistan[edit]

Mann is a proponent of Sikh nation state Khalistan.[20] Under his leadership, his party SAD (A) continued its position of creating Khalistan as a buffer state between India and Pakistan. Under him, SAD (A) continued spreading the ideology of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.[1]

Every year his supporters gather in the sacred Golden Temple and raise pro-Khalistan slogans. He dedicated his 2022 Lok Sabha election victory to the Khalistan separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.[20][25]

Bhagat Singh[edit]

In 2007, Mann had called freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, a "petty terrorist". A lawsuit was filed against him, but the prosecution failed to prove its case and he was acquitted by the civil court in 2013. After his release, Mann said, "My acquittal has vindicated my words that Bhagat Singh was a terrorist and not a martyr."[26]

In 2015, he objected to naming the Chandigarh airport after Bhagat Singh and called him a terrorist. He had said, "Bhagat Singh is neither a martyr nor a national hero. He is a terrorist. We are against the naming of Chandigarh International airport as Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Airport."[27]

In 2022, he called Bhagat Singh "a terrorist" involved in "terror activities in pre-Independent India".[28] AAP leaders condemned the statement and asked him to apologize.[29][30] Residents of Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh's native village protested near the Bhagat Singh Museum, shouted slogans of "Death to Simranjit Singh Mann", hit his effigy with shoes and burnt it.[31]

General Reginald Dyer[edit]

In 1919, after General Reginald Dyer's Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Mann's maternal grandfather Arur Singh, then sarbarah (in-charge) of the Golden Temple had honoured General Dyer with a "siropa" at Akal Takht. Singh was a British government appointee. Arur Singh’s act hurt Sikh psyche and is considered a "Black chapter" in Sikh history. In July 2022, Mann defended the act of his grand father saying he did it to pacify Dyer's anger.[32]

Electoral performance[edit]

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See also[edit]

  1. Parkash Singh Badal
  2. Captain Amarinder Singh

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)". Akalidalamritsar.net. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Khalistan ideologue in police net". Indianexpress.com. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple". Thaindian.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. "India: Whether members of the Akali Dal (Mann) / Akali Dal (Amritsar) party are harassed and arrested for participating in party gatherings, for publicly complaining about the treatment of Sikhs by Indian authorities or for calling for the creation of Khalistan (separate homeland for Sikhs); whether police regard members of the Akali Dal (Mann) party with suspicion and monitor them for signs of any links with terrorism (2005–2008) (15 April 2008, IND102547.E)". UNHCR. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rediff on the NeT: The Rediff Election Interview/ Simranjit Singh Mann". Rediff.com. 26 October 1999. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sangrur Bypoll Results Live: AAP loses Bhagwant Mann's seat, SAD-A wins by 6,800 votes". Hindustan Times. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ace shooter & MP. Who is this?". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Door-to-door canvassing by candidates' wives, women kin The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – mad". Tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009. Mann's wife Geetinder Kaur Mann has been campaigning for the SAD (A) candidate
  9. ↑ "Mandarins who rule Punjab". Indianexpress.com. 2 February 2003. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Punjab". Tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "SAD(Amritsar) leaders level serious allegations on Daljit Singh Bittu". PunjabNewsline.com. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "It's from father to son in Punjab". rediff.com. 9 February 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Mann resigns from party after defeat in Punjab elections". PunjabNewsline.com. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Simranjit Singh Mann: Ex-cop who refuses to give up. "Simranjit Singh Mann: Ex-cop who refuses to give up".
  15. ↑ "Book review: Stolen Years – A Memoir of Simranjit Singh Mann's Imprisonment". The Indian Express. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Crossette, Barbara (29 December 1990). "Premier of India meets Sikh leader". New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (15 April 2008). "India: Whether members of the Akali Dal (Mann) / Akali Dal (Amritsar) party are harassed and arrested for participating in party gatherings, for publicly complaining about the treatment of Sikhs by Indian authorities or for calling for the creation of Khalistan (separate homeland for Sikhs); whether police regard members of the Akali Dal (Mann) party with suspicion and monitor them for signs of any links with terrorism (2005-2008)". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". tribuneindia.com. 23 March 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ↑ "Amargarh Election Results 2022 Live: Smit Singh Mann vs Jaswant Singh Gajjanamajra vs Ikabar Singh Jhoonda". Financialexpress. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Simranjit Mann: Khalistan advocate back in Parliament after two decades". The Economic Times. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Explained: 5 reasons why Simranjit Singh Mann defeated AAP in Sangrur, CM Bhagwant Mann's bastion". The Indian Express. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Behind Simranjit Singh Mann's bypoll campaign, grandson born a year before he last won election". The Indian Express. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "MP Simranjit Singh Mann's objection to addressing Droupadi Murmu as 'Rashtrapati' expunged from records". Deccan Herald. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  24. ↑ "SAD (A) holds protest to demand SGPC elections". Hindustan Times. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  25. ↑ "Simranjit Singh Mann stokes row, dedicates Sangrur win to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Know about pro-Khalistan leader". Firstpost. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  26. ↑ "SAD leader Mann acquitted in 65th sedition case". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  27. ↑ Ch, india today digital. "Akali Dal leader calls Bhagat Singh a terrorist". India Today. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  28. ↑ "AAP slams Simranjit Singh for calling Bhagat Singh a 'terrorist'". The Statesman. 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  29. ↑ "Punjab: SAD leader Simranjit Singh Mann courts controversy with 'terrorist' remark on Bhagat Singh". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  30. ↑ "Punjab MP Walks Into Controversy Over Bhagat Singh "Terrorist" Comment". NDTV.com. 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  31. ↑ "People of Bhagat Singh's native village Khatkar Kala shouted slogans of Murdabad by hitting the effigy of Simranjit Singh Mann with shoes & burnt the effigy near Bhagat Singh Museum". Twitter. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  32. ↑ "Simranjit Singh Mann defends grandfather who honoured General Reginald Dyer". Tribuneindia News Service. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Tarlochan Singh Tur 		Member of Parliament
for Tarn Taran
1989 – 1991 		Succeeded by
Surinder Singh Kairon
Preceded by
Surjit Singh Barnala 		Member of Parliament
for Sangrur
1999 – 2004 		Succeeded by
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
Preceded by
Bhagwant Mann 		Member of Parliament
for Sangrur
2022 – Present 		Incumbent
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