Sikh participants may have elected Jagmeet for being a Sikh. But others did not elect him for being a Sikh. It is imperative  to park any religious thinking within boundaries of one's home.  

One can be a decent human being without any religious affiliation and he can be as well even if he is devoid of any religious attire, and probably he is.  Politics should be nontheistic. 

It is distressing to see G&M finding space for this piece of work that should have been in the pages of writer's community news and views paper.