Jagmeet Singh, a Sikh politician from Canada has been elected as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Canada. The 38-year-old Politician went viral after he was heckled by a racist woman during an event titled 'Jagmeet and Greet' when he was standing as a candidate a month ago.

Jagmeet Singh, a provincial lawmaker, is the first non-white person ever to head a major party in the Canada.

Singh was elected on the first ballot to lead the party into the 2019 election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. Jagmeet Singh triumphed competing against three candidates with 53.6 per cent votes.

He thanked his supporters on Twitter saying, "Thank you, New Democrats. The run for Prime Minister begins now," after the election.

Jagmeet Singh officially announced the launch of his campaign to be the next prime minister of Canada.

Thats why today, Im officially launching my campaign to be the next Prime Minister of Canada. #LoveAndCourage - Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) October 1, 2017

Singh has also been observed to be a strong political rival of Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada. Singh plans to stand against Trudeau in the 2019 elections. It will be a challenge for him to turn things around for his party as they lost 59 seats in the 2015 elections.

Jagmeet Singh focuses on climate change, reconciliation, electoral reform and to remove children from no-fly list of Canada. He goes by the motto of 'Love and Courage' and even repeated it in front of the racist woman who heckled him while giving a speech as an NDP candidate.

The New Democratic Party is currently at the third place in Canada's Parliament with 44 of 338 seats. The party has never held power.

During his leadership campaign, he raised money for the welfare of the people and was way too much as compared to his competitors.

Why Jagmeet Singh could mean bad news for the Indian government

Jagmeet Singh, who will be competing against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in two years, was denied the Indian visa by the UPA government in 2013.

Jagmeet Singh, a member of the provincial parliament (MPP) in Ontario was barred from travelling to India. According to a report by HT, he was the first ever sitting member of Western Legislature who was not allowed to travel India.

Singh was denied visa because he was considered 'persona non grata' by the Indian government.

Jagmeet Singh has been actively involved in criticising Indian government and has talked about the issues related to the 1984 Sikh riots. In 2016, he called the 1984 riots, "genocide".

In an official statement on the occasion of Operation Blue Star's anniversary, he said, "The government of India initiated a genocidal campaign against the Sikh minority".

"The Indian military killed thousands of innocent people in just one day. This genocide continued for the next twenty years. Across Punjab, Sikh youth disappeared, torture was rampant, and Sikhs endured relentless state-sanctioned terrorism."

He even called it an "attempt to extinguish the Sikh community".

Singh is said to have an influence on people due to his personality and sense of style too.

Jagmeet vs. Indian government

Jagmeet Singh accused the Indian government of sabotaging his NDP campaign. He also accused Indian government of trying to use their influence to prevent members of the community from contributing to his campaign or backing him.

Before entering politics, Singh was working as defence lawyer in the Greater Toronto area. Despite of the odds, Singh's victory proves that even though Sikhs have a percentage of 1.4 in Canada when it comes to population, the minority communities have owned their own place in the country.