Chandigarh, March 25 -- The Khadoor Sahib MP, Amritpal Singh, on Tuesday wrote to the Lok Sabha speaker seeking condonation of his absence from the Lok Sabha on a day when the Centre informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that his absence from the House is almost 60 days.

Amritpal is detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) and has been lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail since 2023.

His lawyer, Imaan Singh Khara, said on Tuesday evening that during the day, the MP had written to the Lok Sabha speaker regarding his absence, detailing the reasons and seeking condonation of absence from the House.

Earlier in the day, additional solicitor general of India, Satya Pal Jain, told the high court that there is no 'immediate th...