Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Sidhu Moosewala’s family, angry villagers protest, force AAP MLA to return

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Sidhu Moosewala’s family, angry villagers protest, force AAP MLA to return

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Sidhu Moosewala’s family, angry villagers protest, force AAP MLA to return

Bathinda/Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday visited the house of Sidhu Moosewala, days after the Punjabi singer was shot dead.Mann reached Moosa village to express his condolences to the bereaved family. Heavy police security has been deployed outside the residence of Moosewala.

A few people earlier held a protest against the Punjab Police in Mansa for allegedly stopping them from entering the Moosa village by deploying heavy security ahead of the Chief Minister's visit.

However, the police stated that no one was being stopped from entering the village.

Around 1,500 police persons were deployed in the morning in and around Musa village for the CM's visit. 

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gurpreet Singh, who reached Moosewala's house ahead of Mann's visit, also faced protest and had to return.

The protesters also raised slogans against the state government.
"Our cars are being stopped from entering the village. Our relatives' vehicles are not being allowed to enter," a villager claimed.

Senior officials of the administration and the police reached the spot of protest to calm down the situation.

The AAP had drawn criticism as no MLA or minister had visited the family or attended the rapper’s cremation on Wednesday.

However, on Thursday, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema was the first AAP leader to meet Moosewala’s father, a day after the slain Punjabi singer’s cremation.

Punjab's ruling party AAP has accused the opposition political outfits of playing "dirty politics" over the death of famous singer Sidhu Moosewala.    

APP accused the Congress of trying to stall the visit of the Chief Minister to Musa village who was going to express his condolences with the bereaved family.

Party chief spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang alleged that it is sad that when CM Mann was trying to go there, the Congress party leaders, including former MLA, was unnecessarily creating trouble.

“Entire Punjab is watching how Congress is playing dirty politics on such a sensitive issue. People of Punjab will not forgive them,” he said.

Kang also added that though the Chief Minister Mann, as head of the state, was trying to meet the family and was doing all within his powers to ensure that the culprits were caught, the Congress was busy playing politics over the dead.

On May 29, Moosewala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover.

The AAP government has been under fire from the Opposition parties over the pruning of security cover of 424 people and then allegedly making the list of protectees public.