Canadian Pro-Khalistani singer Shubhneet Singh performs sufferer after his India tour will get canceled and sponsors withdraw

On Thursday, twenty first September 2023, pro-Khalistani Punjabi Canadian singer Shubhneet Singh shared a social media submit wherein he stated that he was extraordinarily disheartened as a result of cancellation of his upcoming India tour. The singer has expressed this after he obtained an enormous backlash over his controversial social media submit amid the diplomatic sabre-rattling between India and Canada.

The rapper’s ‘Still Rollin India tour’ was canceled earlier over his assist of the Khalistan trigger. In an announcement shared on Instagram, Shubhneet Singh stated he had been training arduous for his India tour for the previous two months and was very excited on the prospect of performing within the nation, ANI reported.

Taking to his web page on Instagram, the rapper posted, “As a young rapper-singer hailing from Punjab, it was my life’s dream to put my music on an international dais. But the recent happenings have tumbled my hard work and progress, and I wanted to say a few words to express my dismay and sorrow.”

“I’m extremely disheartened by the cancellation of my tour in India. I was highly amped up and enthusiastic to perform in my country, in front of my people. The preparations were in full swing and I was practicing with my heart and soul for the last two months. And I was very excited, happy, and ready to perform. But I guess destiny had some other plans,” Shubhneet Singh added in his submit.

Terming India as his nation, Shubhneet Singh stated his “ancestors and Gurus did not blink an eye” when it got here to creating sacrifices for the nation’s freedom. “India is MY country too. I was born here. It is the land of my GURUS and my ANCESTORS, who didn’t even blink an eye to make sacrifices for the freedom of this land, for its glory, and for the family. And Punjab is my soul, Punjab is in my blood. Whatever I am today, I am because of being a Punjabi,” he added in his Instagram submit.

About his earlier submit that had sparked solely fury, Shubhneet stated he supposed to hope for Punjab as there have been stories of electrical energy shutdown within the state, including that he didn’t intend to harm anybody’s sentiments. The singer stated the accusations hurled at him affected him “deeply”.

On Wednesday, BookMyShow introduced that Shubhneet’s ‘Still Rollin Tour for India’ had been canceled. In a submit shared on X, BookMyShow said, “Singer Shubhneet Singh’s Still Rollin Tour for India stands canceled. To that end, BookMyShow has initiated a complete refund of the ticket amount for all consumers who had purchased tickets for the show. The refund will be reflected within 7-10 working days in the customer’s source account of the original transaction.”

The ticket-booking app confronted a backlash on social media for internet hosting a singer with Khalistani proclivities within the wake of his earlier submit.

On 23 March 2023, Shubhneet Singh posted a narrative on his Instagram account captioned “Pray for Punjab” exhibiting a distorted map of India. He posted a photograph of the map with out the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and North-eastern states. This submit was clearly an try to problem the sovereignty of India and peddle the Khalistan narrative. The Canadian singer did this at a time when the Punjab Police was looking out to nab Khalistani terrorist Amritpal Singh. Shubh had brazenly supported Khalistani parts on the time.

Notably, his exhibits had been scheduled from the twenty third to the twenty fifth of September at Cordelia Cruises in Mumbai. Earlier on 19 September, one other Indian model boAt had introduced its determination to withdraw its sponsorship from Shubh’s India tour. Earlier, on Wednesday, #UninstallBookMyShow began trending on X with some customers calling Shubh a ‘Khalistani’. Reportedly, ace India cricketer Virat Kohli additionally unfollowed Shubhneet on Instagram amid the backlash.

The diplomatic relations between India and Canada took a flip for the more severe after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Union authorities of being behind the deadly capturing of wished Khalistan chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India, nevertheless, rejected the allegations levelled by the Trudeau administration, terming them “absurd” and “motivated”.