Amarinder hails newly elected Punjab-origin MPs in UK

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh described the election of Indian origin lawmakers to the House of Commons in UK as a dawn of a new era. He congratulated Britain's first female Sikh MP and first turban-wearing MP, along with 10 other Indian-origin lawmakers. He said that the victory of first female Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill and first turbaned Sikh Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi in England along with two other MPs -- Virender Sharma and Seema Malhotra from Punjab, has endorsed the indomitable spirit of Punjabis. He said that the newly elected MPs would play a major role in the overall development of their native state along with that of England.