Tag: sikhs in politics
Navjit Kaur Brar becomes First turban-wearing Sikh woman Councillor in Brampton
New Brampton City Councillor Navjit Kaur Brar is the first turban-wearing Sikh woman elected to office in Canada. A mother of three with little political experience has won Brampton’s City Council race for...
Simranjit Singh Mann Wins Sangrur bypoll Elections
Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had a major setback on Sunday as it lost the parliamentary byelection to the Sangrur constituency. The return of Simranjit Singh Mann, the man who won...
Swaranjit Singh becomes First Sikh councillor to Connecticut City Council
NORWICH — Democrat Swaranjit Singh made history this week when he became the first Sikh ever elected to a City Council in the State of Connecticut. Sikhism, the fifth most-followed religion in the...
Ranjit Singh becomes the First Sikh Deputy Mayor in France
For the first time in the history of France, a deputy mayor has been elected in the election of a turbaned Sikh municipality. Ranjit Singh Goraya, a young man who won the...
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi wins Newcomer MP of the Year Award
UK Parliamentarian Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has come away with a prestigious award for Overall Newcomer MP of the Year Award 2019. Honoured for his work on hate crime and community cohesion, Dhesi echoed...
Sikh MPs Preet Kaur Gill and Tan Dhesi Re-elected in UK
There is much delight in Britain’s Sikh community over the re-election of Preet Kaur Gill – the first Sikh woman MP – and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi – the first turban-wearing Sikh MP...
Canada Parliament has 18 Sikh MPs, five more than India
As many as 18 Sikhs were voted to the Canadian Parliament in the recently-concluded federal elections. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday won a second term after his Liberal Party secured...
Sikh MP Tan Dhesi shames Boris Johnson over Racist Burqa remarks
LONDON: Britain's first turbaned Sikh MP, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, on Wednesday demanded that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologise for "racist" remarks against Muslim women in the past. In a fiery intervention during Prime...