Simranjit Singh Mann
Indian politician
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| 2024 | Lost the parliamentary election, with Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer becoming the new member of parliament for Sangrur. |
| March 20 2023 | Mann's Twitter account was blocked in India after he tweeted condemning the Punjab Police's operation against separatist leader Amritpal Singh and the arrest of his supporters. |
| 2022 | Mann again called Bhagat Singh 'a terrorist' involved in 'terror activities in pre-Independent India', which led to condemnation by AAP leaders and protests by residents of Khatkar Kalan, who burned his effigy and shouted slogans against him. |
| 2022 | Mann dedicated his Lok Sabha election victory to Khalistan separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, reaffirming his support for the Khalistan movement. |
| 2022 | Elected again as Member of Parliament from Sangrur constituency. |
| August 2022 | Objected to President Droupadi Murmu being referred to as 'Rashtrapati' in parliament, stating it was an insult to a woman President. His comments were subsequently expunged from parliamentary records. |
| July 2022 | Mann publicly defended his grandfather's 1919 act of honoring General Dyer, stating it was done to pacify Dyer's anger. |
| June 2022 | Won the by-poll for the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, defeating the previous candidate by a margin of 5,822 votes. During the campaign, he advocated for the release of Sikh prisoners, with his grandson managing the election campaign. |
| 2015 | Mann objected to naming the Chandigarh airport after Bhagat Singh, asserting that Bhagat Singh was a terrorist and not a national hero. |
| 2013 | Mann was acquitted by the civil court in a lawsuit related to his comments about Bhagat Singh, which he claimed vindicated his view of Bhagat Singh as a terrorist. |
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