Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh on New 12 months. Sharing photos of the assembly the PM wrote, “A fantastic interplay with Diljit Dosanjh! He’s actually multifaceted, mixing expertise and custom. We linked over music, tradition and extra…’
The singer additionally reciprocated his expertise on assembly the Prime Minister with a put up on X (formally twitter) saying, “A unbelievable begin to 2025. A really memorable assembly with PM @narendramodiJi. We talked about lots of issues together with music after all!”
The assembly comes amid current controversy over a social media put up by the singer that sparked a ‘Punjab vs Panjab’ debate. In a current put up on X, the singer shared a video of him arriving at Chandigarh airport accompanied by the phrase ‘Panjab.
Social media customers alleged that he intentionally omitted the Indian flag emoji in his put up. Responding to the accusations, Diljit dismissed the allegations which he termed “conspiracy theories”.
“If the tricolour is missed as soon as whereas mentioning Punjab in a tweet, it is referred to as a conspiracy. Even in a tweet about Bengaluru, it was missed as soon as. If Punjab is written as Panjab, it is referred to as a conspiracy. Whether or not you write it as Panjab or Punjab…it would at all times stay Punjab (he wrote in Punjabi),” his put up learn.
Referring to its etymology, Diljit stated that the identify originates from Persian and interprets to “Land of the 5 Rivers” (panj which means 5 and ab which means water). He stated that the spelling variations in English, a colonial language, don’t change the identification of Punjab.
Earlier, the singer received entangled in one other controversy over giving a present to his fan on stage throughout an occasion in UK. After the fan advised him that she is from Pakistan, the singer says that he would not consider borders divide folks. For him, borders between nations are simply what politicians need, not the folks of both nation.
In the meantime, Dosanjh’s New 12 months’s Eve live performance in Ludhiana was overshadowed by a authorized controversy following a proper criticism by Punditrao Dharenavar, an assistant professor from Chandigarh. The criticism prompted the Punjab Ladies’s and Youngster Division to intervene, with a proper discover issued to Ludhiana’s District Commissioner to stop Dosanjh from performing sure songs.
The singer had beforehand confronted comparable scrutiny in different cities, together with Hyderabad and Indore, for performing alcohol and violence-promoting songs. Moreover, throughout the Indore live performance, Dosanjh addressed considerations in regards to the black market sale of tickets for his exhibits.
