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Meet Jagmeet Singh, fashionable Canadian politician and Trudeau challenger

Born to Punjabi immigrants, the 38-year-old Sikh lawyer is the first non-white politician to head a major political party in Canada

Meet Jagmeet Singh, Canada's first Sikh to lead major party
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Singh is a proud Sikh; he wears a turban and carries a kirpan — a ceremonial knife

BS Web Team New Delhi
Jagmeet Singh, the first turban-wearing Sikh to sit in Ontario's legislature, has now been elected to lead Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party.
 
Born to Punjabi immigrants, the 38-year-old Sikh lawyer is the first non-white politician to head a major political party in Canada. And, given his youth, media savviness and enthusiasm, Singh might just be the man to challenge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the 2019 federal elections.
 
Singh is a proud Sikh; he wears a turban