Diljit Dosanjh Concert: Maharashtra Excise Authority revokes license for sale of alcohol at Dil-Luminati concert in Pune

The Maharashtra excise department has canceled the permit for serving alcohol during Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-Luminati concert in Pune on Sunday evening.

“The state excise department has withdrawn permission to serve alcohol during the program,” said state excise commissioner C Rajput. PTI.

Earlier, several right-wing groups and political leaders, including newly elected BJP MLA from Kothrud Chandrakant Patil, had opposed Dosanjha’s concert being held at Kakade Ground in Kothrud.

Patil said such events are “against the culture of Pune” and should not take place.

“Such performances are not part of the city’s culture. This will create serious difficulties for residents of the area. The event will also cause traffic jams. Therefore, I urged the city police commissioner to cancel the programme,” the newly elected BJP MLA said in a statement.

The Ajit Pawar-led NCP also opposed the concert. The party’s youth wing, the NCP Youth Congress, threatened to protest against the event. However, the police agreed to allow the event to proceed as planned.

The singer has faced criticism in recent days for allegedly promoting alcoholism and gun violence in his songs.

Earlier, the Telangana government did this issued a notice to the 40-year-old singer a day before his November 15 concert in Hyderabad, advising him to avoid performing songs that promote alcohol, drugs or violence, citing instances where similar songs were featured during his performances in the past.

Dosanjh he replied to the Telangana government’s criticism at his concert in Ahmedabad on November 17 and said that if they want it to stop mentioning alcohol in its numbers, they need to impose an alcohol ban across the country.