Sukhmeet Bhasin
Mansa, July 4
Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s father, Balkaur Singh, on Monday–in his first public appearance after son’s death–inaugurated a road in Burj Dhalwa village in Mansa district.
The road was promised by Moosewala during the Punjab Assembly election campaigning. Moosewala had unsuccessfully contested polls from Mansa from the Congress ticket.
Speaking with the villagers, Balkaur Singh said: “We are passing through a bad phase. I am sure, your expectations are high. I will not be able to do a lot, but I will try to fulfill the dreams seen by my son for the constituency.”
He said: “If we talk about the loss, then it can’t be expressed in words.”
“We lost the polls and both me and Sidhu were sad at first, but then one day when my son returned from a show in Dubai, he told me that we will continue to work for the area and people here, but will not contest elections again as he did not like the attitude of people in politics.”
He alleged gangsters were running a parallel government here.
“If you go and beg one, than the other group comes with guns,” he said.
Getting emotional, he said: “Neither any politician nor gangsters will be killed. It will be the kids of common man who are being murdered.”
He also claimed that five attempts were made to attack Sidhu Moosewala during polls and he was also worried about him during that time. He was saved at that time because he had security with him, but this new government pruned his security along with others. The news was leaked in media and within a day he was killed.
He also claimed that his mother worked hard for 40 years and even he worked quite hard for 35 years, but people did not see our hard work is bringing him up, but just saw him rising as a star.
