Jagmeet Singh, a seasoned-Khalistani Sikh chief in Canada, has resigned as the head of his New Democratic Party (NDP) after a crushing defeat in the recent election, dropping his own seat and leaving the party. As the polls closed in Canada, Singh conceded defeat in his British Columbia use of Burnaby Central, and the Party is responsible to lose its official status, as per Canadian media.
While Mark Carney’s Liberal Party projected to win the election with over 160 seats, the NDP was decreased to 7 seats out of the 343 contested, securing the best 2 % of the vote rate. In the previous election, the New Democrats had won 24 seats.
What Jagmeet Singh said on resignation
“I am disenchanted that we couldn’t win extra seats. But I am not disenchanted in our movement. I am eager for our Party. I Know that we can always select desire over fear,” the 46-year-old chief responded to the defeat and stepped down because the party chief after 8 years in charge.
He said, “But we are only defeated when we believe those who tell us we will not dream of a better Canada. I’ve frequently spoken of a lesson my mother shared with me: the Sikh coaching of Chardi Kala. It way ‘growing spirits.’ Optimism over struggle. This is the spirit I carry this night,” he tweeted.
Vocal supporter of Khalistani politics Leave Party
Jagmeet Singh has been a vocal supporter of Khalistani politics, together with his views aligning with the goals of the Khalistani motion, which seeks to set up a separate Sikh state in India. As India-Canada members of the family deteriorated following Ottawa’s allegations of New Delhi’s involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, Singh emerged as a distinguished, determined backing former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.