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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Neel Kamal | TNN

Sidhu Moosewala's father declines to contest election as consensus candidate from Sangrur

BATHINDA: Deceased Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu alias Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh has vehemently declined to contest the upcoming election from Sangrur parliamentary constituency. He has asked people not to believe in numerous posts in social media about political leaders stressing the need to make him consensus candidate.

Ruling out any such possibility, Balkaur Singh said that even the heat of the cremation of his son has not cooled down that people are asking him to contest. He also asked people to assemble at Mansa on June 8 at the Bhog ceremony of Sidhu Moosewala when he will hold elaborate talks with them.

Earlier Balkaur Singh with his wife Charan Kaur met union home minister Amit Shah at Chandigarh Airport and reiterated the demand for probing the killing of his son from some Central agency, preferably NIA. In 12 minutes meeting with the home minister, the emotional Balkaur Singh told him about the killing and threats from gangsters to his son for getting fame.

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