NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East

With former Liberal Raj Grewal not in the running after his gambling scandal, the NDP are mounting a fierce campaign in party leader Jagmeet Singh’s home turf.

Brampton East NDP MPP Gurratan Singh, centre left, and NDP federal Brampton East candidate Saranjit Singh, centre right, are pictured at Saranjit Singh’s campaign office launch. The party is hoping its ‘bold’ platform and NDP pedigree will help push the riding orange on Oct. 21.Photograph courtesy of Saranjit Singh’s Twitter

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

October 9, 2019

BRAMPTON, ONT.—New Democrats in a Toronto-adjacent riding are hoping that their hometown political superstars will help to translate provincial gains into a federal breakthrough Brampton East, Ont., along with the four other federal ridings that make up the city of Brampton, went Liberal in 2015....

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