Sidhu Moosewala’s father, Balkaur Singh, has launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the induction of a gangster into the party, accusing the ruling party of giving space to people with criminal backgrounds in mainstream politics.
“First commit two-four murders, then contest elections and directly reach the Assembly,” Singh said. Balkaur Singh further said the people of Punjab would ultimately have to decide whether they wanted to send people facing criminal allegations to the Assembly or elect honest and capable representatives who could raise public issues and fight for people’s rights.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed Sekhon into the party at a special event held in Zira in Ferozepur district.
“Impressed by the pro-people policies of AAP, Gurpreet Singh Sekhon and his supporters have joined the AAP,” the party’s Punjab unit had said in an online post while sharing photographs from the event.
The Congress also criticised the induction of Sekhon into AAP. Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring targeted Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, saying that Mann, who had once opposed the induction of gangsters into the Shiromani Akali Dal, had now done the same himself.
“Punjab needs peace, jobs and development, not gangster politics,” Warring said.
