Thousands of
students who read history, there are very few writers who write books on
history but those who create history are rarer still. Jagmeet Singh becomes the
first Sikh in the history of Canadian politics who won the NDP leadership at
the age of 38. He is also a first non-white politician to head the Canada’s major
political party.
Singh, the Ontario provincial lawmaker would be the strong contender against the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in 2019 elections.
Jagmeet Singh tweeted after his victory "Thank you, New Democrats. The run for Prime Minister begins now."
"That's why today, I'm officially launching my campaign to be the next Prime Minister of Canada," he added.
The New Democratic Party is currently at the third place in Canada's Parliament, with 44 of 338 seats. The party has never held power.
ROOTS IN PUNJAB
The NDP leader has roots in Punjab as he is the great grandson of the Parja Mandal movement leader Sewa Singh Thikriwala. Thikriwala was the president of the Riyasat Parja Mandal Party during the reign of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.
He fought
against the royal family of Patiala and British. He is
remembered and honored as a prominent freedom fighter from Punjab.
Singh’s father was a doctor by profession and he settled in Canada. Jagmeet was born on January 2, 1979 at Canada.
INDIA DENIED VISA TO JAGMEET SINGH IN 2013
Jagmeet Singh spent some time during his childhood in Patiala. He was the only Sikh leader in Canada who started campaign for the justice of Sikhs who lost their lives in the 1984 Sikh carnage.
Even he raised campaign against the then Indian cabinet minister Kamal Nath and even he was denied Indian visa in 2013.
HOW HE BECAME THE LEADER OF MASSES?
When Singh was studying in school, his classmates made mockery of him because of his skin. Even they told him that he should cut his hair. Singh recalled the days when he immediately started fighting with his classmates who use to taunt him. That was the turning point of Singh who took pledge to raise his voice against the discrimination. Singh is a criminal lawyer by profession. The racial discrimination had led him to opt politics so that he could change the minds of the people.
LOVE, THE SUCCESS MANTRA OF JAGMEET
Jagmeet Singh believed that with love one can win million of hearts. In a program, a lady had asked him about the ‘Sharia’ as she mistaken him as a Muslim.
But, Singh didn’t tell her about the difference between Sikhs and Muslim. He just told her, “We love you. We love you.” Finally, the lady had left the venue. Singh had proved on that day that love can easily combat with hatred.
