The legendary Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan faced a storm of criticism from Punjabi Community

The legendary Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan faced a storm of criticism from Punjabi community during his performance on Saturday after he supported the idea of ‘one nation, one language’ for India, during a Canadian radio talk-show.

Outside the venue at Abbotsford in British Columbia protestors shouted slogans against him and the organizers of the show carrying Placard ‘Traitor of Punjab’s Mother Tongue’.

Wah oye sajna Gurdas Maan.

At one time Gurdas Maan sang peans to Panjabi language. He talked about the need to adopt, assimilate the mother tongue. He showed a whole generation the beauty and richness of Panjabi.

Today, he… https://t.co/OcclL4YW5q
— Amandeep Sandhu (@_asandhu) September 22, 2019

The CEO of AAJ Magazine Suki Pangalia attended the press conference held earlier this week organized by Gurjit Bal Productions on behalf of Gurdas Maan live concert, where he mentioned, “Being Hindustani, one should respect mother tongue”. He also added, “Punjabi is the mother and Hindi is Massi(Mother’s Sister)”. Gurdas Maan never said Punjabi should not be spoken and as an artist, he has never failed to uplift Punjabi folk music.

Gurdas Maan is a legendary singer-lyricist whose work is celebrated among the Punjabi community as well as others across the globe. Suki Pangalia, himself being an artist has aspired by Gurdas Maan’s incredible talent and has immense respect towards his intuition towards reflecting the traditions of Punjab and its glory through his songs as well as epic storytelling lyrics.

Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah during his speech on Hindi Diwas in New Delhi on September 14 pushed for Hindi as a common language triggered a backlash from all political parties in India.

#WATCH: Union Home Min Amit Shah says,"Diversity of languages&dialects is strength of our nation. But there is need for our nation to have one language,so that foreign languages don't find a place. This is why our freedom fighters envisioned Hindi as 'Raj bhasha'." #HindiDiwas pic.twitter.com/h0BK2ofH7N
— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2019

@gurdasmaan ਚਾਰ ਪੀੜੀਆ ਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੋਲੀ ਤੋਂ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੁਣ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਆਹ ਵੇਹਲਿਆ ਦੇ ਕੰਮ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਆ। ਨੌਜਵਾਨਾ ਲਿੱਚ ਨਸ਼ੇ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਵਾ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਤੂੰ ਆ ਜੇਹੜੀਆ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਕੇ ਪੀ ਐੱਸ ਗਿੱਲ ਨਾਲ ਯਾਰੀਆ ਰਹੀਆ ਉਹਦੀ ਵੀ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਭੁੱਲ ਨਹੀ #gotohell #nationalist #gurdassmann #rssdachamcha pic.twitter.com/VEkAFvvEqn
— Daljeet Singh Algon (@DaljeetsAlgon) September 20, 2019

Protesters also appealed to Punjabis immigrants to proscribe the event organizers.

However, Gurdas Maan later solved the agitation among his fan followers by clarifying his remarks, saying he was trying to encourage people to be more open towards learning Hindi which can open doors of opportunity for people across the country.

Ppl protesting against @gurdasmaan outside Abbotsford Entertainment Centre B.C.
Audience members who had bought Mann’s show tickets,left his show to join the protests against him.
Say no to #OneNationOneLanguage pic.twitter.com/VkqITN6K4L
— Bajwa ☬ (@ShakkrPara) September 22, 2019

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