Summary:
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (PTI) Popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, booked last year for allegedly promoting gun culture through his songs, joined the Congress party on Friday.
The singer joined the party in presence of state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the party"s state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu here and may contest the upcoming Punjab assembly elections.
The 28-year-old singer, whose real name is Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu and who has a fan following among youths, had been booked last year for allegedly promoting violence and gun culture through his song ""Sanju"".
He was earlier also booked under various provisions of the Arms Act and the Disaster Management Act in Barnala after his photographs of firing an AK-47 rifle at a firing range during the Covid lockdown went viral on social media.
He hails from Moosa village in Mansa district and his mother is a village head.
Moosewala"s father, who was also present on the occasion, is an ex-serviceman.