Gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana, who is in the fray from the Maur Assembly seat in Punjab’s Bathinda district, appeals to people to read newspapers, pool funds to open libraries while saying he wants to promote the Punjabi language. Sidhana is one of the accused in the last year’s Delhi Republic Day violence and has been fielded by the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political