While the Government of Punjab has been giving it out as a possible incident of a gang war, the same is not that simple, rather, there is a lot in the background as well as the foreground, apart from the course of events that unfolded after Moose Wala joined Congress while he was just 23 years old.
The opposition in Punjab is critiquing the Government for withdrawing the security cover to Moose Wala and also publishing the list of people whose security cover was withdrawn, including Moose Wala, turning him vulnerable. However, the Government has rebuked the same while ordering a judicial probe by a sitting judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court to investigate the killing.
Moose Wala’s tryst with glorifying the gun culture, violence as well as drug abuse through his songs has been an attractive factor for his fan base which can be sensed from the fact that the majority of the audience of star singer falls in the age group of 17-25—which is a prime age, perfect to be manipulated in ways one cannot even imagine, apart from the fact that he has got over 8 million followers on Instagram, making him way too influential.
The singer has mostly remained a controversial figure for whatever he has been portraying in his songs, while the gun always remained the main attraction even as he was earlier booked in multiple cases by the Punjab police for glorifying gun culture under various sections of law.
One of the examples is that of his song titled ‘Panj Goliyan’ released in 2020 in which he was again seen promoting, and glorifying gun violence. It was the same person who glorified the leader of the Khalistani Movement, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in his song ‘Punjab: My Motherland, which created a tumult across the state, and despite all that, he was given a ticket by Congress in the recently held elections to fight AAP.
While the act of killing Moosewala cannot be condoned at all, it needs to be said that what he kept promoting, all his life, came back and ate him up, no matter the reason that will now be looked into through probe. He was just 28, but the violence which is promoted was so toxic and deadly that it somehow found its way back and annihilated Moose Wala once and for all—not only leaving his bullet-riddled body on the driving seat of his vehicle but a life lesson too.
