New Delhi: When Canadians will vote on September 20, to elect a federal government, there will be several Punjabi and Sikh candidates whose fate will be decided. As many as many 47 Punjabis are contesting the elections in Canada this time.
Prominent personalities including defence Minister Harjit Sajjan from Vancouver South, Minister Anita Anand from Oakvilla in Ontario, Minister Bardish Chagger from Waterloo, Jagmeet Singh, leader of New Democratic Party are among many Punjabis who are hoping to gain powers in Canada elections.
As per the final list, maximum 17 Punjabi candidates have been fielded by the Liberal Party followed by Conservative Party 13 candidates, New Democratic Party 10 candidates, People’s Party of Canada five candidates and Green has fielded one while one will contest as an Independent.
In the 2019 polls also 47 Punjabi candidates had contested the elections and 19 of whom made it to the House of Commons.
The Liberals have fielded Ruby Sahota (Brampton North), Sonia Sidhu (Brampton South), Kamal Khera (Brampton West), Anju Dhillon (Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle)among others while the NDP has fielded Tejinder Singh form Brampton South, Gurprit Gill from Brampton West, Avneet Johal from Surrey Newton and Gurinder Singh Gill from Calgary Skyview. The candidates fielded by the Conservatives include sitting MPs Tim Uppal, Jag Sahota and Jasraj Singh. Other candidates are Indira Bains, Priti Lamba, Naval Bajaj, Medha Joshi, Ramandeep Brar, Jagdeep Singh, Tina Bains and Sukhbir Singh Gill.