Amritpal Singh at the Golden Temple. Photo: Vishal Kumar Jupinderjit Singh, Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 20 Amritpal Singh, a Khalistani activist and currently India’s most wanted and talked about fugitive, arrived on the Punjab scene as a simple listener through a social media app ClubHouse, where individuals or organizations set up exclusive ‘audio-rooms’ for discussion on a topic. Late Deep Sidhu formed such a room during the late 2021 Farmer’s agitation and continued it until he was arrested for violence on Republic Day, 2022 in New Delhi. Amritpal was not among the designated speakers, but soon, egged on by some NRIs and members on his ‘knowledge on Punjab’, he became one of the speakers. However, Deep Sidhu blocked him as Amritpal spoke more about the creation of Khalistan, a separate country for the Sikhs than the Punjab issues of claims on river water, Chandigarh, Punjabi speaking areas among others. Deep Sidhu later in February 2022 blocked Amritpal’s phone also for about two weeks. Harnek Uppal ‘Fauji’, who heads the Deep Sidhu faction of ‘Waris Punjab De’, was part of the ClubHouse group and confirmed the first introduction of Amritpal on the Punjab scene. “He became a favourite of some
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The rise and fall of fugitive Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh – Tribune India
