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Sacrilege on lips, Indira assassin’s son throws hat in the ring from Faridkot | Chandigarh News

The son of one of the assassins of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Thursday said he will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Faridkot seat in Punjab as an Independent candidate. Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa ( 45), a resident of Mohali’s Phase 5, is yet to visit Faridkot but claimed that many people from the parliamentary constituency have asked him to contest the elections. “I decided to contest from Faridkot about a month ago. Many villagers of Faridkot had approached me to contest, so I made the decision. I will reach the constituency next week,” Khalsa told The Indian Express. Khalsa is the son of Beant Singh. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, who were the then-prime minister’s bodyguards, killed Gandhi on October 31, 1984 at her residence. Khalsa said the key issue that he will be raising in the election is punishment for those responsible for the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. “That’s why I chose Faridkot constituency as sacrilege happened in 2015 there during the SAD-BJP rule and till date the culprits haven’t been …