The outfit’s parliamentary board member Sukhwinder Singh Aghwan is the nephew of Satwant Singh, the second assassin who was hanged alongside Kehar Singh. Tarsem Singh said the candidacy of Satwant Singh was a direct rebuttal of recent claims that the party was ignoring such families. “The highly educated and thoughtful Satwant Singh, the son of martyr Kehar Singh who was completely ignored until today, has been declared the party’s first candidate from Bassi Pathana. The Waris Punjab De faced weeks of criticism for allegedly ignoring the families with what many have labelled a “sacrifice background”. Challenges for Waris Punjab DeThe Waris Punjab De faces three distinct challenges.