Jarnail Singh: Former AAP MLA Jarnail Singh dies due to corona

New Delhi: Former Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jarnail Singh has passed away. He breathed his last on Thursday during a corona infection. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia have expressed grief over Jarnail Singh’s death.

‘I am saddened by the untimely demise of former Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh. May God give peace to their souls. He will always be remembered for his contribution to the society, ‘said Arvind Kejriwal on social media.

So, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also refreshed Jarnail Singh’s memories. The news of the demise of our former colleague Jarnail Singh in the Delhi Assembly is sad for all of us. We have lost a voice fighting for justice for the families of the victims of the 1984 genocide. God will give them a place in His footsteps’, said Sisodia.

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Political career

Jarnail Singh came into the limelight after throwing sandals at the then Home Minister P Chidambaram. He then contested and won the election on AAP ticket. In 2014, Jarnail Singh was an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Delhi’s Rajouri Garden constituency. In the Punjab Assembly elections, you made him your face and he resigned from the Assembly. In the 2017 Assembly elections in Punjab, Jarnail Singh had contested from Lambi constituency against former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and current Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. After losing the Punjab Assembly elections, he was elected Vice President of the Punjab Academy in Delhi.

In August 2020, AAP had suspended Jarnail Singh from the party and also denied him a ticket. Jarnail Singh, 47, was prosecuted last year for commenting on Hindu deities on Facebook.

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