
More Sikhs seeking public office in 2012
Sikhs in this country are still seeking greater involvement in public politics. It is a different journey than that of our Sikh neighbors to the north in Canada, who have been able to leverage their greater proportion of the population and size of their Sikh communities to garner seats at provincial and federal levels. However, whereas in Canada, Sikh candidates can quite often contest on a platform espousing Sikh-specific issues (and political parties of all stripes court that vote), this […]
Categories: Politics • Tags: 2012 elections, Canada, Dalip Singh Saund, Jack Uppal, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, US Congress, US House Representative