The Maharashtra Excise Department on Sunday evening canceled the permit to serve liquor at actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-Luminati concert in Pune’s Kothrud area, an official said.
What is the matter?
The department canceled the permit after people from various sections, including newly elected BJP MLA from Kothrud Chandrakant Patil, objected to the plan to serve liquor at the event.
State Excise Commissioner C Rajput said, ‘The State Excise Department has canceled the permission to serve liquor during the event.’
MLA Patil raised objection against the musical program organized at Kakade Farm in Kothrud in the evening.
The BJP leader said in a statement, “Such shows are not a part of the city’s culture. This will cause major trouble to the residents of the area. The event will also cause traffic jams. Therefore, I urged the city police commissioner Have to cancel the program.”
Diljeet’s condition for prohibition!
Punjabi music sensation Diljit Dosanjh says he will stop singing alcohol-based songs if all ‘thekas’ (liquor shops) are closed in the country.
At his show in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the singer-actor responded to the notice sent to him before the Hyderabad concert, instructing him to avoid songs related to alcohol, drugs and violence.
After receiving a notice from the Telangana government, Diljit changed the words of his chartbusters “Lemonade” and “5 Tara” – which originally referred to ‘daru’ (liquor) and ‘theka’ (liquor shop). The Hyderabad concert of his “Dil-Luminati India Tour 2024 Tour” on Saturday.
Taking a dig at the notice, the singer told the Ahmedabad audience on his Sunday show: “There is some good news. I did not get any notice today. There is even better news: I will not sing a single song on alcohol today. Ask me Why? Because Gujarat is a dry state.”
The singer said that he does not drink alcohol and was even ready to take an oath not to make such songs but the governments of each state should declare themselves as dry states.
“Let’s do something, let’s start a movement. If all the states declare themselves dry states, I will stop singing on liquor from the very next day… I will stop singing on liquor, you will stop singing on liquor in the country. ‘Stop it.’ …I pledge.
In a video shared on Diljit’s official Instagram page, he can be seen saying, “Is this possible? This is a big source of revenue. Everything was closed in Corona (pandemic), except contracts. You youth Cannot be fooled.”
“Don’t mess with me,” the 40-year-old warned his detractors.