<p id="thickbox_headline">Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala on Friday joined the Congress in the presence of state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu here.</p>.<p>The Punjab Congress chief described Moosewala as a youth icon and an "international figure".</p>.<p>“Sidhu Moosewala is joining our family. I welcome him in the Congress fold,” he told reporters here.</p>.<p>While welcoming the singer in the party fold, Channi said Moosewala became a "big artist with his sheer hard work and won hearts millions of people with his songs"'.</p>.<p>Moosewala, whose real name is Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, hails from Moosa village in Mansa district and his mother is a village head.</p>.<p>The singer had earlier faced criticism for promoting violence and gun culture in his songs. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala on Friday joined the Congress in the presence of state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu here.</p>.<p>The Punjab Congress chief described Moosewala as a youth icon and an "international figure".</p>.<p>“Sidhu Moosewala is joining our family. I welcome him in the Congress fold,” he told reporters here.</p>.<p>While welcoming the singer in the party fold, Channi said Moosewala became a "big artist with his sheer hard work and won hearts millions of people with his songs"'.</p>.<p>Moosewala, whose real name is Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, hails from Moosa village in Mansa district and his mother is a village head.</p>.<p>The singer had earlier faced criticism for promoting violence and gun culture in his songs. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>