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Indian-Origin MP Pritam Singh Elected Leader Of Singapore's Main Opposition Party

Darpan News Desk IANS, 09 Apr, 2018 12:52 PM
    Pritam Singh, an Indian-origin lawmaker in Singapore, was on Sunday elected unopposed as the new secretary-general of the city-state's main opposition Workers' Party.
     
     
    Singh, 41, a lawyer, took over from veteran Member of Parliament (MP) Low Thia Khiang, 61.
     
     
    Elected to Parliament in May 2011, Singh moved up from the assistant secretary-general post unopposed when cadres elected their party chief at the biennial Central Executive Council elections, in the first change of leadership in 17 years.
     
     

    Newly-elected Secretary-General Pritam Singh joins re-elected Chair Sylvia Lim and former Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang to address the media after the Organising Members’ Conference held today.

    Posted by The Workers' Party on Sunday, 8 April 2018
     
     
    Singh is also a town council chairman.
     
     
    He is an MP for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, a five-member group representation constituency in the northeastern and eastern region of Singapore.
     
     
    Low, who held the party's top post since 2001, had announced in November that he would not contest the party-post election to make way for new blood.
     
     
    Singh was seen as the front-runner for the secretary-general post after Low's announcement.
     
     
    The election of Singh means that the Workers' Party will have a new leader when Parliament reopens next month after a mid-term break.
     
     
    MP Sylvia Lim retained the party's chairmanship unopposed. 
     
     

    The Workers’ Party held its Conference of Organisers on 8 April 2018. The Organising Members elected the following as...

    Posted by The Workers' Party on Sunday, 8 April 2018

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