Amritpal Singh is in an Assam jail under the National Security Act.
Jailed separatist Amritpal Singh, who is contesting as an independent candidate from Khadoor Sahib seat in Punjab, has been given poll symbol 'Mike'.
He was among 169 independent participants, out of a total of 328 candidates, who received election symbols.
Amritpal, the head of the 'Waris Punjab De' unit, is lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam under the National Security Act.
Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, who is contesting as an independent from Faridkot (reserve) constituency, has been given the voting symbol 'Ganna Kisan' (sugarcane farmer). Khalsa is the son of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, Mrs Gandhi's bodyguards, murdered her at her home on October 31, 1984.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Sunday said that 328 candidates contesting for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab have been given election symbols by the district election officials as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India.
Election symbols assigned to independent candidates included harmonium, dumbbells, apple, tongs, hockey and ball, stool, ship, gas cylinder, battery torch, almirah, computer, batsman, bat, truck, cot, cauliflower, petrol pump, television, laptop, car rickshaw, pressure cooker, plasterer, whistle, diamond, roller, mailbox, chimney and sewing machine.
The Punjab CEO said that 26 candidates, including 14 independents, are contesting from Gurdaspur, 18 independents out of 30 are contesting from Amritsar and there are 18 independents out of 27 candidates in Khadoor Sahib seat.
Of the 20 candidates in Jalandhar, eight are independents, while four are independents out of 16 candidates in Hoshiarpur.
In Anandpur Sahib, there are 13 independents out of the total 28 candidates, and in Ludhiana, there are 26 independents out of 43 candidates.
In Fatehgarh Sahib, out of the total 14 candidates, seven are independents and out of the total 28 candidates in Faridkot, 12 are independents.
A total of 29 candidates, including 17 independents, are contesting from Ferozepur.
Of the 18 candidates in Bathinda, eight are independents and of the 23 candidates in Sangrur, nine are independents.
There are 15 independents out of the 26 candidates contesting in Patiala.
Elections to the thirteen Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will take place on June 1.
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