Diljit Dosanjh was recently embroiled in a controversy when pro-Khalistani organisations displayed banners targeting him at one of his concerts abroad. (File Photo)

A think tank of retired IAS officers, defence personnel, and professionals in Punjab on Saturday issued a public appeal to singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh to take over the leadership of the state, “brought to its knees by successive dispensations”. Dosanjh, however, declined the offer, saying “Kadey v Nhi.. (never)”.

In a full-page newspaper advertisement addressed directly to Dosanjh, Chandigarh -based Jago Punjab Manch stated that Punjab did not need another politician, but needed a citizen of consequence. “This letter is not flattery.…