Pro-Khalistani Jagmeet Singh and his NDP suffer humiliating defeat in Canadian elections

Canadas New Democratic Party (NDP) has suffered a humiliating loss in the just concluded Canada’s Federal Elections. The Chief of the NDP Jagmeet Singh who was a Prime Ministerial aspirant has also conceded defeat from his Burnaby Central seat in the British Columbia province. He has subsequently resigned. The elections saw Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party emerging victorious.

What is considered to be a major Counter-Terrorism Mandate against the Pro – Khalistani Jagmeet Singh and his party, which could not secure more than 2% of the votes. With just obtaining only seven seats in the 343 member new parliament, the NDP thus losing its national political party status.

The New Democratic Party had managed to win 24 seats in the previous parliament.

After the results, Jagmeet Singh said, “I am disappointed that we could not win more seats, but I am not disappointed in our movement. I am hopeful for our party”. Later, he announced that he would step down from the post of party chief, where he had remained as the President of the NDP for over eight years.

Jagmeet Singh has been a vocal supporter of Khalistani politics. His party was part of the ruling coalition with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, during which Trudeau hurled unproven allegations against India, including that New Delhi was involved in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia two years back. Relations between India and Canada experienced a rapidly drastic downhill under Trudeau’s leadership.

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