Britain’s first turbaned Sikh MP, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, has been elected chairman of the defence committee of the new Parliament. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi The Labour MP from Slough received 320 of the 563 valid votes in the UK House of Commons. His opponent and fellow Labour MP Derek Twigg received 243 votes. Dhesi has been serving for over seven years …
As the Labour Party registered a thumping victory in UK’s parliamentary elections on Friday, as many as 10 members of the Sikh community – five men and five women -- were elected to the House of Commons. Immensely grateful to all whose efforts and teamwork made it possible.” Along with Dhesi, Preet Kaur Gill, 52, who has also been very …
