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Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh concisely halted his performance successful Calgary, Canada, during his ongoing Aura Tour aft noticing immoderate assemblage members waving pro-Khalistan flags, videos of which person surfaced online.Addressing the concern mid-performance, Diljit Dosanjh reportedly responded to disapproval from sections of the Punjabi assemblage and the contention surrounding his quality connected Kaun Banega Crorepati past year.In the videos circulating online the singer-actor tin beryllium heard saying, “My occupation is not to bash charity. But whichever level I spell on, I ever speech astir Punjab. We often accidental the nationalist media doesn’t speech astir Punjab enough.
I went everywhere, including connected that transmission (Kaun Banega Crorepati) for the involvement of Punjab. I enactment distant Punjab’s issues there. I’ve adjacent donated generously to my authorities whenever needed.” In 2025, the vocalist had appeared connected the amusement and donated his net towards Punjab flood relief.
He added, “We tin springiness the money, we are giving it to the people. But they had made a donation, radical from each implicit India tin donate. To assistance the poor.
That’s wherefore I went there,” explaining his quality connected Kaun Banega Crorepati. “If you inactive person an contented that I sat crossed idiosyncratic connected television…jinne jhande dikhane dilkhai challo (then support waving however galore flags you privation to).”Referring to his planetary appearances, Dosanjh added, “I adjacent went connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to speech astir Punjab and the Guru Nanak Jahaz incident. I didn’t spell determination to beforehand immoderate movie oregon song.
I went determination to bring Punjab and its issues to airy truthful the nationalist media would screen them."Speaking connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon past week, Dosanjh besides recalled the Komagata Maru incidental portion reflecting connected the emotion helium has received. The vessel carried 376 passengers from Punjab, of whom lone 24 were allowed introduction into Canada. “In 1914, erstwhile our radical came to Canada for the archetypal time, they didn’t let america in.
That stadium is conscionable 2 kilometers distant from that port. That’s a large happening for us, 55,000 radical successful the stadium.
They didn’t let america to come, but present we’re here,” helium said.Earlier successful October past year, pro-Khalistan radical Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) had announced plans to “shut down” Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh’s performance successful Australia connected November 1, coinciding with Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day observed by the Akal Takht Sahib.The determination came days aft Dosanjh was seen touching the feet of Bollywood histrion Amitabh Bachchan, which the radical criticised. In a statement, SFJ wide counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said the motion had “insulted each victim, widow and orphan of the 1984 Sikh Genocide”.The organisation alleged that Bachchan, connected October 31, 1984, had “publicly incited Hindustani mobs” with the slogan “Khoon Ka Badla Khoon” — “Blood for Blood” — linking it to the anti-Sikh unit that followed, successful which much than 30,000 Sikhs were killed crossed India.Calling the scheduled performance a “mockery of remembrance”, SFJ urged Sikh groups and artists worldwide to boycott the event. It besides said it would organise a Panthic Shutdown Rally extracurricular the venue connected November 1 and had written to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, seeking that Dosanjh beryllium summoned to explicate his actions.The Akal Takht, regarded arsenic the highest temporal authorization successful Sikhism, had successful 2010 formally declared the 1984 killings arsenic a “genocide” and designated November 1 arsenic Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day.“Remembrance is not for sale, and genocide cannot beryllium normalized for applause,” SFJ said successful its statement, accusing Dosanjh of commercialising a period of mourning.
