SIKH NOMINATED FOR NJ A-G

December 2017 \ Diaspora News \ DIASPORA

SIKH NOMINATED FOR NJ A-G

In a historic first, a distinguished Sikh public prosecutor...

By Arul Louis

In a historic first, a distinguished Sikh public prosecutor “who has experienced hate and intolerance first-hand” has been nominated to be the next attorney general of the US state of New Jersey.

If Gurbir S. Grewal’s nomination by Democrat Governor-elect Phil Murphy is approved by the State Senate early in 2018, he will be the first Sikh to assume the top state law enforcement position in the United States and the second Indian-American, after Kamala Harris, who held the position in California before her election to the US Senate.