Punjabi-origin Tanmanjeet to take oath as Mayor
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Tribune
Tanmanjeet Singh, who has been elected councillor from Northfleet North Ward in Gravesham Borough as a Labour Party candidate, will take oath as Mayor of the Gravesham Council on May 17. He has been elected from the same ward second time in a row.
Tanmanjeet Singh, a Punjabi youth from Raipur village, near here, studied at University College London before studying applied statistics at Keble College, Oxford University. Born in August 1978 in Ascot, Berkshire,Tanmanjeet is the son-in-law of Jatinder Singh Kariha, Akali legislator from Nawanshahr.
Tanmanjeet’s father Jaspal Singh Dhesi worked in the construction industry. He eventually set up his own company with his wife Dalwinder Kaur. Tanmanjeet is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and French. He has a working knowledge of German, Italian and Latin.
