Simranjit Singh Mann

Simranjit Singh Mann (born 20 May 1945) is a former Indian Police Service officer and a Member of the Parliament in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, representing the constituency of Sangrur since 2022.

He is the president of the political party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).

Simranjit Singh Mann was born in Shimla on 20 May 1945.

His father Joginder Singh Mann, was a speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1967.

Mann was educated at the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and Government College Chandigarh.

He was a gold medalist in the subjects of history, Punjabi language, religion and political science.

Mann joined the Indian Police Service in 1967, and served in the Punjab Cadre of the Service.

He served as Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the Governor of Punjab.

He was also posted as a police officer in several districts.

He served in several positions, including ASP Ludhiana City, Addl. SP Ferozepur, SP Hoshiarpur, SSP Faridkot, AIG GRP Punjab-Patiala division, Deputy Director of Vigilance Bureau Chandigarh, Deputy Inspector General of Punjab Armed Police, and DIG (Group Commandant) of CISF, Bombay.

He resigned from Indian Police Service on 18 June 1984 in protest of Operation Blue Star.

In July 1984 he was dismissed from IPS.

He was charged with the conspiracy to assassinate Indira Gandhi.

He was arrested on 29 November 1984 and spent five years in Bhagalpur prison.

He was elected as the president of the new party United Shiromani Akali Dal.

Due to his 1984 Political involvements he won 1989 Lok sabha elections from Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency) in absentia with their 6 other candidates on Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) ticket and 3 other candidates also won backed by them.

Mann has served three-times as an MP; once from Taran Tarn between 1989 and 1991, and twice from Sangrur between 1999-2004 and since 2022.

He is known as a Khalistani supporter and his party is known for their pro-Khalistan stances.

He was elected in absentia to the Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Tarn Taran by an overwhelming majority, and unconditionally released "in the interests of the State" in November 1989, with all charges dropped.

By this time he had spent five years in prison.

In 1990, Mann insisted on bearing his Kirpan (small sword) into the Parliament session, a religious rite in the Sikh Faith.

The security regulations of the Parliament did not allow arms into the house.

Accordingly, was denied entry into the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament house) with the weapon.

Mann decided to not attend the Parliament.

He subsequently resigned his seat in protest.

He also won 1996, 2004 SGPC elections from Bassi Pathana.

Afterwards he won 1999 Lok Sabha elections from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency.

On 3 November 1999, after Mann was elected to the Lok Sabha by winning in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the Government of India and the Passport Office in Chandigarh to issue a passport to him.

On 23 March 2004, Prakash Singh Badal accused Mann of running derogatory ads against him and indulging in character assassination.

He contested for re-election in the 2004 Indian general election from Sangrur constituency but lost the election and came on third position.

He remained the president of the SAD (Amritsar) party for eighteen years.

In the 2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election SAD (Amritsar) contested on 60 seats.

Radical organization Dal Khalsa (International) had supported candidates of SAD (Amritsar).

Mann had contested from Dhanaula Assembly constituency and his son Emaan Singh Mann contested from Sirhind.

All the 60 candidates including Mann lost the election with big margins.

Most candidates of SAD (Amritsar) had lost their security deposit in the election.

Mann offered to resign after his party's poor performance.

In the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, he lost to Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Amargarh Assembly Constituency.

In June 2022, he won the by-poll for the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency vacated by then MP, Bhagwant Mann, who went to become Chief Minister of Punjab, Mann won the election by a margin of 5,822 votes.

During the election he campaigned for the release of Sikh prisoners.