Guwahati, Sept. 9 -- Amritpal Singh, the Khadoor Sahib MP currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail under preventive detention, exercised his voting right in the 2025 vice-presidential election on Tuesday.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) had directed the Union Home Ministry and the Assam Chief Secretary to ensure that the jailed MP was able to cast his vote. As per Rule 26 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974, Singh was issued a postal ballot.

According to jail sources, authorities handed him the ballot paper and related materials inside the prison. After marking his choice, Singh sealed the envelope and submitted it to jail officials, who arranged for its dispatch to Delhi through a special me...