Barely a couple of hours after seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs led by Raghav Chadha announced their merger with the BJP, Balkaur Singh, father of slain Punjabi singer Moosewala, posted two lines on Facebook.
The lines, in Punjabi, were his son's verse from one of his last songs, ‘Scapegoat’: “Jo Raj Sabha hoeya, zimmvar dasso kaun? Hunn mainu loko oey gaddar dassso kaun?” — ‘Tell me who is responsible for what happened with the Rajya Sabha? Oh people, tell me now, who is the traitor?’
Below the lines, he gave attribution: “Written by Sidhu Moosewala, April 2022.” The song ‘Scapegoat’ was released on April 11, 2022, with music by Mxrci and lyrics written by Moosewala himself. It has over 65 million views on YouTube as of April 24, 2026.
The song was released in the immediate aftermath of AAP's announcement of its Punjab Rajya Sabha nominations — a list that drew widespread criticism for including two non-Punjabis, Delhi-based Raghav Chadha and Chhattisgarh's Sandeep Pathak, alongside locals that included cricketer Harbhajan Singh and industrialists Ashok Kumar Mittal and Sanjeev Arora, who were seen as having limited political roots in the state.
CM Bhagwant Mann insisted on Friday that Chadha and the others were “gaddar” or traitors of Punjab. He said they could not even win a village election and had been nominated as the party wanted to bring in diverse voices.
