At Punjab Rally, Rahul Gandhi Remembers Sidhu Moosewala, Then Attacks AAP

The name of singer-songwriter Sidhu Moosewala, who was assassinated by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in 2022 in Punjab's Mansa, cropped up at a Congress rally in Sangrur to highlight the alleged breakdown of law and order under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's rule.

With the rapper's father, Balkaur Singh Sidhu, on stage, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi slammed the AAP government for withdrawing his security days before he was ambushed and killed by the gang armed with automatic rifles.Gandhi, who formally launched the Congress campaign in Punjab, recalled his meeting with the singer before his entry into the Congress and said he had seen a dynamic and talented young man who wanted to contribute to Punjab and the country.Moosewala contested and lost the assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Mansa, his native town.Gandhi said he had facilitated Moosewala's entry into the Congress because he believed the young singer deserved an opportunity to serve society through politics.