London,July 2020 -( Amanjit Singh Khaira)
For the first time in the history of France, a deputy mayor has been elected in the election of a turbaned Sikh municipality. Ranjit Singh Goraya, a young man who won the election from Bobini town, belongs to Sekha village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
It is a very honorable achievement for Sikhs that where turban is banned in schools and colleges, a young Sikh wearing a turban is elected as Deputy Mayor.
Sardar Ranjit Singh, a native of France, was elected the first Sikh Sardar Deputy Mayor of Bobigny, France. France where carrying religious symbols, including Sikh turbans, in schools and colleges is banned. Children who were expelled from government colleges in 2004 due to the ban on turbans. Sardar Chain Singh, son of Sardar Ranjit Singh, was one of them.
He studied in a private college wearing a turban and later obtained a master’s degree in law and economics from the famous University of Sorbonne in France.
When the turban was banned in France in 2004, the Sikhs of France staged a protest in France.
Ranjit Singh, who was expelled from Government College in 2004 for wearing a turban, now has been elected the first turbaned Sikh deputy mayor of Bobigny, France. Pride moment for Sikh Community.
