BATHINDA, Sept. 29 -- Balkaur Singh, father of the slain Punjabi singer-turned-politician Shubhdeep Singh aka Sidhu Moose Wala, on Sunday appealed to the Congress party workers for electoral support in the next state elections.

Addressing a political function held by the Congress leadership in Mansa, Balkaur said that his son wanted to be a legislator, but it could not materialise.

"I urge you all to help me in winning the elections from the Mansa segment. I will take a photograph of my son to the Assembly to fulfil his wish to be an MLA," he added.

An ex-serviceman, after his son's murder in 2022, has been expressing his willingness to enter electoral politics on the Congress ticket, but his claim has not been approved by the party le...