Amritsar, January 28: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia Friday filed his nomination from Amritsar East assembly seat for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
This comes after the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Punjab government not to take any coercive action against Majithia till January 31, after he approached the top court for anticipatory bail. Majithia, who is facing an FIR by Punjab Police in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) case, was earlier granted interim bail by the High Court on a condition of cooperating in the investigation.
Majithia was apprehending arrest after a case under the provisions of the NDPS Act was registered at Mohali on December 20.
Dr. Jagmohan Singh Raju will contest as the BJP candidate against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia in the Amritsar East assembly seat.
