Mumbai: Following the Pulwama terror attack in which more than 40 CRPF jawans were killed, the film wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Saturday asked music label companies to stop working with Pakistani singers.
“We have verbally communicated to Indian music companies like T-Series, Sony Music, Venus, Tips Music and a few others not work with Pakistani singers. These companies should stop it immediately or we will take action in our own style,” Amey Khopkar, head of the MNS Chitrapat Sena told this agency.
Recently, Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series had collaborated with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam for two different singles.
“They have removed their songs (from the company’s YouTube channel) post our warning,” Khopkar claimed.
In 2016, after the Uri attacks, the Raj Thackeray-led party had similarly set a 48-hour deadline for all Pakistani artists working in India to leave the country.
BJP MP and singer Babul Supriyo has also wanted action on similar lines. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the MP from Bengal said that he had nothing against the singers from the neighbouring country, but it was their nationality he is opposed to. “Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Islam are great singers, no doubt about that,” Babul said. “It is important to clarify that our problems is not with Rahat or Atif but with their Pakistani nationality. I think the families of those killed in Pulwama would feel much better if we as a clan take this decision,” Babul added.
Agencies