He’s the first Sikh mayor in New England and he’s in CT. He says ‘America belongs to all of us’

He’s the first Sikh mayor in New England and he’s in CT. He says ‘America belongs to all of us’

After fleeing New Delhi with his family to Punjab as an infant during the 1984 Sikh genocide where mobs murdered thousands of Sikhs, Swarnjit Singh learned and understood what it is like to be targeted for being different. At the age of 20, Singh made the decision to come to the United States to pursue an education in New Jersey and since then he became a real estate developer in Connecticut, opened his own Shell gas station and served in the ci…