New Delhi, July 2
Sources said Udaipur-based tailor Kanhaiya Lal and Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was murdered recently, were mentioned in a condolence message passed at the BJP’s national executive meeting here on Saturday.
The condolence message also mentions several dignitaries and BJP leaders and army personnel killed during the landslide in Manipur.
BJP General Secretary Dilip Saikia read out the condolence motion.
Earlier this week, Kanhaiya Lal was lynched to death by two men, who posted videos online claiming they were avenging insults to Islam.
A few days before his murder, the tailor from Udaipur in Rajasthan told the local police that he had received threats on a social media post shared from his account, apparently of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Mohammad. supporting”.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on May 29 in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the Punjab government temporarily suspended the singer and 423 people’s security cover. was cut.