Sidhu at Moose Wala house, questions law & order situation in Punjab

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday met the parents of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's house in Mansa.

Sidhu was instrumental in making Moose Wala join the Congress party and even campaigned for the singer during the assembly polls.

Addressing the media, Sidhu attacked the Mann government over the law and order issue in the state and said it was the first responsibility of any government to ensure it.

"Are they (government) supposed to protect or perpetrate crime," asked Sidhu with Moosewala's parents beside him.

Referring to Moosewala, Sidhu said, "He was global star. Why was his security pruned? Did it ever happen when you reduce security and you make it public? There is no such norm." "What happened with him (Moosewala), the same thing is happening with another Sidhu today. I do not care," he said, claiming that the Z Plus security he earlier got is now down to 13 personnel.

"Today, I have 13 security men with me. Why? ...Sidhu should remain immobilized and could not come out of his house and should not speak the truth," he claimed. "I want to say that I am not afraid of death," he said.
He said he will not stop speaking with pruning of his security. "Forget it, you cannot suppress the voice of truth by withdrawing a bulletproof vehicle. Punjab understands it and is watching," he said.

The Congress leader claimed that Chief Minister Mann used to say what was the need for security men. "Today, you are the most protected CM. When your cavalcade passes, vehicles cannot be seen in dust," he said while taking a dig at the CM.

Sidhu further hit out at the CM for seeking paramilitary force from the Centre. "Now friend, you have brought 50 companies (of paramilitary force). Which mega deal you have signed," he asked Mann.
Sidhu said the crime rate is soaring in the state. "What will be its impact? Investments, you are talking about, they are just on papers. Nobody will come," he said.

Sidhu said he had heard that the CM had once said that he would bring foreigners to work in Punjab. "Friend, your own children are outside," he said taking a swipe at the CM. He also said that former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who is now AAP MLA, was now speaking against them.

Sidhu, who spent about 10 months in jail in connection with a 1988 road rage death case, walked out free on Saturday. The former Punjab Congress president was sent to prison in May 2022 after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the death of Gurnam Singh, 65.

His lawyer previously said Sidhu was being released earlier because of his good conduct in prison.

The 59-year-old's supporters had assembled since morning outside the prison to accord him a grand welcome upon his release and they could be heard chanting 'Navjot Sidhu zindabad'.

Several Congress leaders including Amritsar MP Gurjit Aujla, former Punjab Congress chiefs Shamsher Singh Dullo, Mohinder Singh Kaypee and Lal Singh, former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema, other leaders Ashwani Sekhri, Sukhwinder Singh Danny and worker accorded a warm welcome to Sidhu.