Chandigarh, Dec. 17 -- In his first video appearance in a court in the last three years since his detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that developmental works in his constituency are stalled and he should be allowed to appear in the Parliament to take up the issue. Amritpal has been under detention at Dibrugarh jail in Assam since his arrest in April 2023 under the NSA. Nine of his associates were brought back to Punjab in March-April this year. The Waris Punjab De chief, who is in Dibrugarh jail, appeared virtually before the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry and tried to make a case for his parole himself as lawyers are abstaining from work for the past two days and the Parliament session, which he wishes to attend, ends on December 19. Wearing a blue turban and a white kurta, the radical Sikh leader connected virtually at noon and in his submissions said that since he won the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, his functioning as an MP remained stalled as he has not been able to take up the issues concerning people from his constituency. "This petition has been filed for parole.all the work in my constituency has been stalled since I was elected. I filed for bail a couple of times, even if a conditional bail, so that I could take up the issues concerning my constituency. But till now no approval has been given," he told the court, adding that he also wants to take up issues of drugs and gangster related killings in the state. The radical Sikh preacher won the Khadoor Sahib seat with 1.9 lakh votes as an Independent in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and was administered the oath of office on July 5, 2024. Since then, he has not attended the Parliament. He also tried to make some references to 'democracy', but could not be heard. He also mentioned that his connection was unstable and was not able to present his side properly. At this, the chief justice said that if arguments are advanced by him (Amritpal), he can't later on say that further arguments would be made by his counsel. Subsequently, the hearing was deferred for 2 pm, and his counsel was told to call for Punjab government's counsel in this case, senior advocate Anupam Gupta, who is yet to complete his arguments....