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The Maharashtra excise division on Sunday cancelled the allow for serving alcohol at actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-Luminati live performance within the Kothrud space of Pune later within the night, an official stated.
What is the situation?
The division cancelled the allow after individuals from completely different quarters, together with Kothrud’s newly elected BJP MLA Chandrakant Patil, objected to plans to serve liquor on the programme.
State excise commissioner C Rajput stated, “The state excise division has cancelled the permission to serve liquor through the programme.”
MLA Patil raised an objection towards the live performance scheduled at Kakade Farm in Kothrud later within the night.
The BJP chief, in a press release, stated, “Such reveals are usually not a part of the town’s tradition. This can create a serious disturbance for residents of the world. The occasion will even trigger site visitors jams. Therefore, I’ve urged the town police commissioner to cancel the programme.”
Diljit’s situation for alcohol ban
Punjabi music sensation Diljit Dosanjh says he’ll cease singing alcohol-themed songs if all of the ‘thekas’ (liquor outlets) within the nation are shut down.
At his present in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the singer-actor responded to the discover despatched to him forward of his Hyderabad live performance directing him to keep away from songs associated to alcohol, medicine and violence.
Diljit tweaked the phrases in his chartbusters “Lemonade” and “5 Taara” — which initially point out ‘daaru’ (alcohol) and ‘theka’ (liquor retailer) of their lyrics — after he acquired a discover from the Telangana authorities forward of the Hyderabad live performance of his “Dil-Luminati India Tour 2024 Tour” on Saturday.
Taking a swipe on the discover, the singer at his Sunday’s present instructed the Ahmedabad viewers: “There’s some excellent news. I did not get any discover at this time. There’s extra excellent news: I will not sing a single music on alcohol at this time both. Ask me why? As a result of Gujarat is a dry state.”
The singer stated he was a teetotaler and was even prepared to take a pledge to not make such songs however the governments of every state ought to declare themselves dry states.
“Let’s do one thing, let’s begin a motion. If all states declare themselves dry states, I will cease singing songs on alcohol from the very subsequent day… I’ll cease singing about alcohol, you shut the ‘thekas’ within the nation… I take a pledge.
“Is that this doable? It is a large income. The whole lot was shut in corona (pandemic), besides the thekas. You may’t idiot the youth,” he could be seen saying in a video shared on Diljit’s official Instagram web page.
The 40-year-old additionally had a phrase of warning for his naysayers: “Do not mess with me.”
