SAFOL Victoria team with Senator Lisa Singh in Melbourne. Photo: SAT
By Neeraj Nanda
Melbourne, 2 Aug: “Major political parties should democratise to be able to re-engage with the voters, says Lisa Singh, newly elected member of the Australian Senate from Tasmania. Relegated to the sixth position on the ticket by the ALP, Lisa resurrected from the bottom to win as the 4th ALP winning candidate with around 21,000 votes. In all, the ALP won five seats, the maximum from any state.
“People’s power made me win as they were not happy me being pushed to the 6th position,” Lisa told a delegation of Subcontinent Friends of Labour (SCFOL) from Victoria, who met her today to congratulate her on her victory.
A confident Lisa said, “There was momentum in the community and people did not join the ALP for back-room deals.
Lisa Singh was congratulated on her Senate victory by the SCFOL Victoria team consisting of Alok Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Neeraj Nanda,Aakash Kumar, Vinayak Kolape, Dinesh Chauhan and Abhimanyu Kumar.
Lisa Singh who has been in politics for over ten years, said, “the election campaign was in response to what people wanted her to do and the result a recognition of the work I have done.”
On a SAT question over being dropped from the Shadow Ministry, she said, “I am disappointed but being on the backbench gives me a new set of freedom”.
“I stand for the people who elected me,” she said.
Senator Lisa Singh is the only South Asian origin MP in the current Australian Parliament.
– SAT News Service.
