A turn for the verse: Punjab politicians take to poetry, only to be more offensive and personal

The chief minister tweeted in Punjabi, “Ika zulama karadī ai tē ika zulama rōkadī ai..Talavāra talavāra ca farak hudai

ika kauma utōn vāra ditā jāndai tē ika dē utōn kauma hī vāra ditī jāndī ai..Parivāra parivāra ca farak hudai

ika sahūlatāṁ didī ai ika mafia pāladī ai..Sarakāra sarakāra ca pharaka hunda

ika chapa kē vikadai ika vika kē chapadai akhabāra akhabāra ca pharaka hudai..

Note: Mainū umīda hai ki pajāba dē sārē ‘hamadarada’ mērē nāla sahimata hōṇagē sirafa ‘ika’ nū chaḍakē..”

The verses roughly translate to:
“One oppresses and one stops oppression… There is a difference between a sword and a sword.

One is sacrificed for community and for one community is sacrificed… There is a difference between the family and the family.

One gives facilities, one nurtures mafia… There is a difference between the government and the government

A newspaper is printed and sold, and a newspaper is sold and then printed… There is a difference between newspapers.

Note: I hope all the ‘Hamdard’ of Punjab will agree with me except ‘one’.”

The note was targeted at the owner of a Punjabi newspaper for which the state government has stopped giving advertisements.

It was Khaira who first came up with a parody of Mann’ poem.

“Ika dā itazāra hudai ika dhakē nāla chapā’i’ā jāndai iśatihāra-iśatihāra’ca baṛā faraka hudai

pahilāṁ sī dūji’ān dē dikhadā huṇa āvadī gharavālī dē gala’ca hudai,

hāra-hāra dē vica baṛā faraka hudai

kujha rōṭī khākē ā’aunde, kujha dārū pīkē māran

ḍakāra-ḍakāra’ca baṛā faraka hudai

ika sikhān lai laṛada, ika NSA lāunda

saradār-saradār ‘ch baṛā faraka hudai,” Khaira tweeted.

The verses roughly translate into:

“One is waited for, one is printed with a push. There is a big difference in advertisements and advertisements.

Earlier he would point out others, but now it is in the neck of his wife

There is a big difference between necklace and necklace

Some do after eating bread and some after drinking alcohol

There is a big difference between burping and burping

One fights for Sikhs, one imposes NSA

There is a big difference between Sardar and Sardar.”

Khaira indirectly accused the government of controlling the media through advertisements. He then made indirect personal comments, though without naming anyone, on the jewellery of a person’s wife and his alleged drinking habit. But the target was clear. In the end, Khaira criticised the government for invoking the National Security Act. Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and others are lodged at an Assam jail under the stringent law.

Then it was the turn of Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, known for his witty comments in the Assembly. He tweeted, “Saca kiha sianian lakha vārī,

hara kirdar kirdar vica farak hunda.

Ika rakhna tē ika chaḍaṇā, parivar parivar

vica farak hunda.

Koi Dilī dē agē pai jā’ē lamā

Koi jāna vāradā ē, ailāṇavata jī’ō suṇō dhi’āna dē nāl

saradāra saradāra vica farak hunda

“The truth has been said a million times by the wise,

Every character is different. Keeping one and leaving one, this is the difference between the family and the family.

One surrender in front of Delhi.

One sacrifice life for Punjab, ‘Elanwant’ ji listen with attention, there is a difference between Sardar and Sardar.”

Bajwa called Mann Elanwant, one who makes announcements and hardly does anything else. He also made personal comments on Bhagwnant Mann’s married life and termed him a Sardar who surrendered to Delhi.

And Bajwa drew rebuke from the ruling AAP’s spokesperson, Malwinder Singh Kang.

Kang tweeted, “Ika mathā ṭēkaṇa la’ī lagī, dūjī bhājapā dē mukha daftar mūharē vikaṇa la’ī lagī kāṅgarasī’ān dī, katāra katāra vica pharaka hudā

ika pāsē binā kisē gōlī tē taśadada tōn pajāba nū bacā’uṇa vālī, dūjē pāsē darabāra sāhiba utē hamalā

84 vich niradōśa sikhāṁ dē gala vich baladē ṭā’ira pā’uṇa vālī,

sarakāra,sarakāra vica farak hudā.

Ika pāsē hika ṭhōka kē SYL atē caḍīgaṛha tē bōlaṇa vālē, dūjē pāsē cāndī dī kahī nāla SYL dā ṭaka lavā’uṇa vālē,

saradāra, saradāra vica farak hudā.

Ika pāsē jithē khaṛa gi’ā tē khaṛa gi’ā, dūjē pāsē,ikō ghara vica, jhaḍē pajāba dī’āṁ dōkhī bhājapā atē kāṅgarasa dē, parivāra, parivāra vica farak hudā.”

The verses roughly translate to: “One took a bow (to top Congress leadership)

The second is that of Congressmen for sale in front of the BJP headquarters

There is a difference between rows and rows

On the one hand, saving Punjab from torture without any bullets,

On the other hand, attack on Darbar Sahib,

putting burning tires on the necks of innocent Sikhs in 84,

There is a difference between the government and the government

On one side there are those who speaks on SYL and Chandigarh issues without a hiccup,

on the other hand, those who get SYL digging start with a silver ring,

There is a difference between Sardar and Sardar.

There is one who took stand without fearing adversities

On the other hand, in the same house,

There are two flags, one BJP and the other of the Congress,

There is a difference between the family and the family.”

Kang also posted a picture of Bajwa’s house and his parody touched on the fact that the Congress leader’s brother and former MLA Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa, who is now in the BJP, lives in the same house.

Former Shiromani Akali Dal minister Bikram Singh Majithia was most personal in his parody of Mann’s verses.

He wrote, “Ika āpaṇē lōkāṁ dī rakhi’ā la’ī varatī jāndī ika dil’hī dē pairāṁ vica rakha ditī jāndī ē,

talavāra talavāra vica faraka hudai,

ika buḍhī umarē dhī tōradā ika kisē dī dhī lai ā’undā

parivāra parivāra vica faraka hudai,

ika pajāba nū naukarī’āṁ didī,

tē ika bāharōn badē li’ā ihanāṁ nū rāja karā’undī,

sarakāra sarakāra vica faraka hudai

ika chapa kē vikadai ika chapaṇa tōṁ pahilāṁ iśatihāra atē ḍarā dhamakā kē kharīda li’ā jāndā

aḵẖabāra aḵẖabāra vica faraka hudai.

Nōṭa – mainū umīda hai pajāba dē sārē hamadarada mērē nāla sahimata hōṇagē sirapha 92 pajāba dī kukhōṁ jami’āṁ nū chaḍa kē.”

“One is placed at the feet of a deity used to protect its people.

One is places at the feet of Delhi.

There is a difference between a sword and a sword.

An old man gets his daughter married, one old man brings someone’s daughter as wife.

There is difference between the family and the family.

One gives jobs to Punjab,

And one makes an outsider to rule.

There is a difference between the government and the government

One is sold by printing, one is bought by advertising and intimidation before printing

There is difference between newspapers and the newspaper.”

Majithia also left a note saying, “I hope all sympathisers of Punjab will agree with me except 92 (AAP MLAs) born in Punjab.”

Without naming Mann, Majithia made personal comments on his second marriage and the AAP Delhi leadership’s alleged interference in governance in Punjab. He also accused the government of buying and intimidating the media in the state.

When all this was happening, two topmost poetry-loving former ministers, Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Congress and Manpreet Singh Badal of the BJP, were missed. Sidhu did retweet Mann’s poem but with comments, not poetry.

The last time when Manpreet Singh Badal, known for his love for Urdu, took to social media was to celebrate the Congress victory in the Bathinda municipal corporation elections.

He had tweeted then, “Je Mein Vekhan Amlan

Valle

Tan kuih nahi mere

palle

Te ie vekhan Teri rehmat valle

tan balle balle, balle balle

Hazrat Mian

Muhammad Baksh

1830-1907”