‘Jagmeet Singh is the target of hate because …’: Shocking report shows that South Asian hatred in Canada

Between 1 March and 20 April, just before the elections in Canada, there were more than 2,300 social media posts on X from Canadian accounts targeting South Asians, and the easy target was former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. The Toronto Star reported that a report titled ‘The Rise of South Asian Asian hatred’ organized by the UK-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue revealed the trend of growing up hatred towards South Asians in Canada in Canada, Toronto Star reported. The report states that Canada is being used as an example when immigration policies led the “invasion of the South Asian migrants”. The report states that when the study was on social media hatred, this trend is not limited to the online world. “Between 2019 and 2023, police-reported crimes against South Asian people in Canada have increased by more than 200 percent,” the report said. ISD Steven Rai’s analyst told Toronto Star that these stereotypes are being promoted by domestic extremists and then being raised by people around the world. Rai said that Jagmeet Singh is not only a goal of hate, because he is a brown man who wears a turban, but also because he is clear, well prepared and the Canadian has reached the upper regions of society. Rai said, “If you are a white domination and you are watching a person like Jagmeet Singh, flowering and gaining prominence in Canadian politics and society … then that person is actually seen as a deep threat,” Rai said.Jagmeet Singh stepped as party chief after losing his seat in British Columbia in the election. He lost his series at the House of Commons held since 2019. Singh entered politics in 2011 after being elected to Ontario Provincial Parliament. In 2017, he became the leader of his party, who was the first person to lead a federal party in Canada.