Malaysian Punjabi politician Jagdeep Singh Deo visits Darbar Sahib in Tarn Taran

Malaysian politician and lawyer Jagdeep Singh Deo visited Darbar Sahib in Tarn Taran on Sunday to pay obeisance. Jagdeep Singh Deo, who is of Punjabi background, served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang and has also been a member of the Penang State Executive Council (Exco) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under Chief Ministers Lim Guan Eng and Chow Kon Yeow since May 2013. He has also been a member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Datuk Keramat since March 2008. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component of PH.

Deo is the eldest son of former Member of Parliament (MP) for Jelutong, Kirpal Singh, who gained fame as the ‘Tiger of Jelutong’. He is the elder brother of Gobind Singh Deo, Digital Minister and Member of Parliament for Damansara, as well as Ramkarpal Singh, Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor. He visited the Darbar Sahib and listened to kirtan. He was also felicitated by the Darbar Sahib authorities.