Muhammad Sadiq | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 18 June 2019 –4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sadhu Singh |
Succeeded by | Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa |
Constituency | Faridkot |
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
Preceded by | Balvir Singh Ghunas |
Succeeded by | Pirmal Singh Dhaula |
Constituency | Bhadaur |
Personal details | |
Born | Kup Kalan,Punjab province,British India (now Sangrur district),Punjab,India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Profession | Singer |
Musical career | |
Also known as | Sadiq,Sadeeq |
Genres | Folk,Duets |
Occupation(s) | Singer,actor,politician and composer |
Instrument | Tumbi |
Muhammad Sadiq is a Punjabi-language singer, [1] [2] [3] actor and politician from Punjab,India. He is best known for his duets with singer Ranjit Kaur. He is the current Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha for Faridkot,Punjab constituency. He was the Congress party MLA from Bhadaur in Punjab from 2012 to 2017. [1]
Sadiq was born in 1939 in a Punjabi Muslim family,to father Walayat Ali and mother Parsinni,in the village of Kup Kalan (now malerkotla district) in British Punjab. [4] According to him he belongs to Doom caste (a Marasi sub-caste). [5] His uncle was a folk singer who inspired him a lot.
He has sung with many female singers of Punjab including Surinder Kaur,Narinder Biba,Rajinder Rajan,Swaran Lata &many others including a duo with Ranjit Kaur. Most of his songs been written by famous Punjabi folk lyricist Babu Singh Maan. In his starting career he sang songs written by Inderjeet Hasanpuri &his friend Didar Sandhu. He recorded most of his songs &live performances with Ranjit Kaur for approximately 40 years. They were one of the most famous singing couples of Punjab in the 1970s and '80s. He first sang the famous folk song "Nigah Maarda Aayin Ve Mera Laung Gawacha" as duet with Bibi Surinder Kaur in late 60s written by lyricist Babu Singh Maan. Many of Punjabi singers have re-recorded his songs such as Na De Dil Pardesi Nu,Lammi Seeti Maar Mittra,Mera Laung Gawacha and Boliyaan. He also acted in few Punjabi films like Putt Jattan De,Guddo,Patola,Jatt Jeona Morh and Tabaahi.
He contested from Bhadaur constituency in 2012 assembly elections as candidate of Congress and won defeating Darbara Singh Guru of Shiromani Akali Dal. His election was challenged by the defeated Akali candidate Guru on the grounds that he is a Muslim and thus does not belong to a scheduled caste making him ineligible to contest from a reserved seat. [6] While the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed his election,the Supreme Court,on his appeal,has stayed the HC order. [7] In 2017 assembly elections,he contested from Jaito constituency as candidate of Congress and lost against Master Baldev Singh of Aam Aadmi Party. [8] He won 2019 Indian general election from Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency. [9] [10]
He has six daughters,all of them married. He has 5 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. [1]
Muhammad considers himself a Sikh [11] as his father would sing kirtan in Gurdwara and he was brought up in the Sikh faith.[ citation needed ]
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