Moose Wala’s father refuses to contest election
MANSA: Slain singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s father Balkaur Singh on Saturday put to rest speculations of contesting the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll, saying that he does not feel like entering the fray as his son’s pyre is still warm and appealed to the people to not trust all that is going on regarding this on social media.
In a video message uploaded on Moose Wala’s social media account hours after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah, Balkaur Singh, an ex-serviceman, said, “I want to share a few things with you, I feel pained after seeing things going on the social media. Do not trust the talks going on social media. Haje mere putt da siwa thanda nai hoya, haje mera kise election da koi mann nai ae (pyre of my son is still warm, I don’t feel like contesting any election).”
Moose Wala, 28, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Jawaharke village in Mansa district on Sunday. Balkaur also appealed to the people to join him at Moosa village in Mansa for the bhog ceremony of his son on June 8. “I will share all the remaining things with you with an open heart. My mind is not in a state to say anything else right now,” he said in the video.
On Friday, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring had appealed to all political parties in Punjab to elect Moose Wala’s father unopposed to the Lok Sabha as a “consensus candidate”. Warring had made the appeal after agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl made a suggestion in this regard. Moose Wala had joined Congress in December last year and contested assembly elections from the Mansa segment unsuccessfully.
Meets Shah, seeks probe by central agencies
Earlier, Balkaur and his wife met Amit Shah at the Chandigarh airport and demanded a probe by the National Investigating Agency or any other central agencies into their son’s killing.
According to a senior BJP leader, Balkaur told Shah how his son was constantly getting threats for the past few months. Shah reportedly assured all possible support to the parents.