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Singer Sonu Nigam is facing backlash on his Pahalgam comments.
Police have registered an FIR against him in Bengaluru.
The comment was made during a concert.
Bengaluru:
Singer Sonu Nigam’s recent remarks on the Pahalgam terror attack during a show in Bangalore put him in trouble, the police in the city on Saturday registered the first information report (FIR). The singer has also posted on social media, defending his comments and claimed that he was threatened.
During a concert at the East Point College of Engineering and Technology in Verjonagar, Bangalore on 25–26 April, Mr. Nigam was reportedly asked to repeatedly sing in Kannada by a young man, which led to an angry response.
The singer said in Hindi, “I have sung in various languages including Kannada. Whenever I come to Karnataka, I come with a lot of love and respect. All of you have considered me like a family,” the singer said in Hindi.
He said, “I always sing Kannada songs.
Comments including filmmaker Karthik Gowda and Kannada activist SR Govindu condemned and condemned.
On Friday, Karnataka Rakshan Vedic, a supporter-Kanada organization, lodged a complaint at the Alalli police station in Bengaluru, alleging that Mr. Nigam’s statements have hurt the sentiments of the Kannadiga community.
The complaint stated that statements have provoked hatred among various linguistic communities in Karnataka, and there is a possibility of provoking violence.
“On April 25 – 26, during a concert at East Point College, it is reported that a student requested Mr. Sonu Nigam to sing the song Kannada. In response, Mr. Nigam made an objectionable statement, which said, ‘Kannada, Kannada, Kannada, this is actually a simple request for a simple request for a canna community by adding a simple request in Pahalgam,’ Kannada, Kannada, it is actually added to a canna. Embraced his cultural pride and linguistic identity with violence and intolerance, “said this.
The singer’s statement, the organization said, “have also expressed concern about” potential attacks “on Kannadigas in different parts of the country.
Based on the complaint, an FIR has been filed against the singer among the groups among groups, which relates to promoting enmity among groups, defamation and annoying religious or linguistic sentiments.
Protecting singer
In a post on Instagram on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Nigam said that what he faced at the event was not a demand for the Kannada song, but a threat.
“Four to five people who were shouting were like goons … Many others tried to stop them. It was important to remind them that, during the Pahalgam attack, people were not asked their language. Kannadigs are a cute people … It was important to remind those four or five people that you could not allow people to threaten.
