Rahul Gandhi gets a gift from Sidhu Moosewala’s father
Sidhu Moosewala had contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections on a Congress ticket.
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Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh Sidhu with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, who resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra Sunday noon after attending the last rites of late Jalandhar MP Chaudhry Santokh Singh, was later joined by Balkaur Singh, father of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala who was gunned down last May.
Dressed formally, Singh walked hand in hand with Rahul for a stretch. Both of them could be seen talking. Later, Balkaur Singh also gifted Rahul a portrait of Moosewala. Rahul had visited Balkaur Singh at Moosa village to condole Moosewala’s death last year.
आज #BharatJodoYatra में प्रसिद्ध पंजाबी गायक स्वर्गीय सिद्धू मूसेवाला के पिता बलकौर सिंह सिद्धू जी ने @RahulGandhi जी के साथ कदम मिलाकर नफ़रत, डर और हिंसा फैलाने वाली ताकतों को मुंहतोड़ जवाब दिया।
सिद्धू मूसेवाला की पंजाब के मानसा में दिनदहाड़े हत्या कर दी गई थी। pic.twitter.com/FnjwUIm6xa
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 15, 2023
Praising Singh in a Facebook post, Rahul wrote: “Renowned Punjabi singer and Congress leader, Late. Sidhu Musewala’s father, Balkaur Singh ji attended the yatra today in Jalandhar. I saw amazing courage and patience in him. There is pride in his eyes for his son, and immense love in his heart. I salute such a father!”
Indira Gandhi and Devi Talab mandir
Rahul paid obeisance at the historic Devi Talab Mandir before resuming the Yatra around 3 pm Sunday.
Rahul Gandhi at Devi Talab Mandir in Jalandhar.
Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had a special fondness for the temple, which is dedicated to Goddess Durga and is considered one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India. It also plays host to the historic Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan, an important event in the calendar of classical musicians. The temple hosted the 174th Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan in December last year.
Earlier, he had met a professor who had done a study on drugs and had promised to carry on their discussion
after the Yatra as well.
The official Twitter account of Congress posted a video and said that Balkaur and Rahul “gave a befitting reply to the forces spreading hatred, fear and violence”.
Farm expert gets Rahul’s attention
Devinder Sharma, a well-known agriculture and food expert, also participated in Yatra and walked with Rahul Gandhi. Sharma, who writes copiously on agriculture, had stoutly opposed the three farm laws. Sharma is a strong advocate of diversification but he believes the farmers must be assisted well by the government and they need handholding by experts.
Rahul was seen asking him questions. The Gandhi scion has been meeting many thought leaders during his Punjab leg.
Sharma told The Indian Express, “I talked about farmers and agricultural issues of the country and why MSP should be made a reality to save the farming class in the country and how it could be made possible because unless farmers’ income is not improved by providing them with an assured income, the country’s economy cannot be improved.” Sharma said he told Rahul, “We cannot replace our traditional farmers with a corporate farming system, instead MSP should be made a legal right for all the 23 crops for which MSP is announced every year. And it is possible if the political leadership has the will as there are several mechanisms to do so.”
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