<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib.</p>.<p>The petitioner claimed before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that Article 84 of the Constitution deals with qualification for membership of Parliament and says that a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he is a citizen of India.</p>.<p>"In this case, respondent number four (Amritpal Singh) had said that he does not owe allegiance to the Constitution of India," the petitioner, who appeared in-person, said.</p>.Amritpal Singh's brother Harpreet held by Jalandhar police in drug case.<p>"You file an election petition," the bench said.</p>.<p>The petitioner said he was not a voter of Khadoor Sahib constituency but was "deeply hurt" by the statements given earlier by Singh.</p>.<p>"It is a matter of evidence. There are procedures prescribed. There are provisions in the Representation of the People Act," the bench observed.</p>.<p>"Thank you. Dismissed," the bench said while refusing to entertain the petition.</p>.<p>On July 5, Singh, was granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>Singh, who heads the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, is lodged in a prison in Assam's Dibrugarh district for alleged offences under the National Security Act.</p>.<p>Singh, 31, won the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib as an independent candidate while being incarcerated.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib.</p>.<p>The petitioner claimed before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that Article 84 of the Constitution deals with qualification for membership of Parliament and says that a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he is a citizen of India.</p>.<p>"In this case, respondent number four (Amritpal Singh) had said that he does not owe allegiance to the Constitution of India," the petitioner, who appeared in-person, said.</p>.Amritpal Singh's brother Harpreet held by Jalandhar police in drug case.<p>"You file an election petition," the bench said.</p>.<p>The petitioner said he was not a voter of Khadoor Sahib constituency but was "deeply hurt" by the statements given earlier by Singh.</p>.<p>"It is a matter of evidence. There are procedures prescribed. There are provisions in the Representation of the People Act," the bench observed.</p>.<p>"Thank you. Dismissed," the bench said while refusing to entertain the petition.</p>.<p>On July 5, Singh, was granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>Singh, who heads the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, is lodged in a prison in Assam's Dibrugarh district for alleged offences under the National Security Act.</p>.<p>Singh, 31, won the Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib as an independent candidate while being incarcerated.</p>