New Delhi. Punjab’s famous singer Sidhu Musewala was shot dead on 29 May. Now almost a month after the murder, Moosewala’s song SYL has been released. This song of Moosewala is trending on YouTube, but along with this, this song is also getting caught in controversies. The lyrics of this song of Moosewala are being described as boring and it is said that the lyrics of this song are going to provoke Sikhs. Let us tell you that the controversial SYL issue between Punjab and Haryana has been teased in the lyrics of this new song of Moosewala. From agricultural laws to farmers’ movement and then the Red Fort violence has been mentioned in the song. Due to which this song of Sidhu is now seen getting caught in controversies.
Let’s know what is it like in the lyrics of this song
This song ‘SYL’ by Sidhu Moosewala has been released and as soon as the song is released, controversy has also started on the lyrics of this song. It is said in the lyrics of this song that ‘Give us our old history, our family back’. Return us Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana also. Unless you give us the right to run our own government, we will not give a drop of water from our rivers. Come forward and investigate us, who is the extremist and who is the terrorist here? Let all the innocent Sikhs you hold be released, we will not give even a drop of water from our rivers until the handcuffs are removed from our hands. Think big, small thinkers, oh hat people, why are you getting confused with us Sikhs? Forget water, we will not give a drop of water.’
In the next lines of this song, Sidhu has said, ‘This world is very accounting. Sometimes it supports one and sometimes the other. Why does a proud Punjabi cry? When his flag is waved. Unless we make life difficult for these two-faced people, we will not give even a drop of water from our rivers. What about the water, it will flow from anywhere. You come with us but don’t try to control us. You are threatening us because of which we will not give you the water of our rivers.’
Further Sidhu has said, ‘My pen will not stop. More such songs will keep coming. I will write everyday, release every day. If you don’t back down then more like ‘Bhai Balwinder Singh Jatana’ will come forward and the water of rivers will be stopped by such brave sons’.
The controversy regarding this song of Sidhu continued when he gave martyr status to ‘Balwinder Singh Jatana’ in this song.
What is SYL controversy
This was a project undertaken by the Government of India to build the 214 km long Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal. Through which the water of Punjab was to go to Haryana and Delhi.
