Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala sparks row after he calls AAP supporters ‘traitors’ in his song

After facing defeat in the recently concluded Punjab assembly polls, singer Sidhu Moosewala sparked controversy after he referred to AAP supporters as ‘traitors’ in his latest single.

Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala sparked a row after he targeted the Aam Aadmi Party and its supporters in his latest song ‘Scapegoat’. The singer allegedly called AAP supporters ‘gaddar’ (traitor) in his song.

This comes a month after Sidhu Moosewala lost in the Punjab assembly polls. He contested the assembly election on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP candidate Vijay Singla by a huge margin of 63,000 votes.

In his latest track, Moosewala targeted the Punjab voters, calling them ambiguous and accused them of defeating Sikh activist Bibi Paramjit Kaur Khalra. The song also refers to Simranjit Singh Mann and Deep Sidhu, saying that the Punjabi people forgot their contribution.

Interestingly, the song garnered over 2.2 million views within 24 hours of its release on YouTube.

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However, the popularity of the song has left the AAP leaders fuming, who have asked the singer to accept the defeat in the state assembly polls.

"Our Guru Sahib has taught that humbleness is the greatest virtue. Defeat should be taken as a lesson of introspection. But Moosewala seems to have lost his mind in arrogance. People of Punjab have voted from their hearts, calling the voice of people 'gaddar' is shameful," Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains said.