The Maharashtra excise department canceled the permit for serving alcohol at actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-Luminati concert in the Kothrud area of Pune on Sunday evening, according to an official announcement.The cancellation came after objections from various parties, including Kothrud’s newly elected BJP MLA, Chandrakant Patil, who raised concerns about the plans to serve liquor at the event. State excise commissioner C. Rajput confirmed, “The state excise department has canceled the permission to serve liquor during the program.”MLA Patil expressed his disapproval, stating, “Such shows are not part of the city’s culture. This will create significant disturbances for local residents and lead to traffic congestion. Therefore, I have urged the city police commissioner to cancel the program.”
Diljit’s Stance on Alcohol-Themed Songs
In a related note, Diljit Dosanjh has stated that he would stop singing alcohol-themed songs if all liquor shops, or ‘thekas’, in the country were shut down. During his concert in Ahmedabad, he addressed a notice he received ahead of his Hyderabad concert, which directed him to avoid songs related to alcohol, drugs, and violence.At the Ahmedabad show, Diljit humorously altered the lyrics of his popular songs “Lemonade” and “5 Taara,” which originally referenced alcohol and liquor stores, in response to the notice from the Telangana government. He told the audience, “There’s some good news. I didn’t get any notice today.
There’s more good news: I won’t sing a single song about alcohol today either. Ask me why? Because Gujarat is a dry state.”The 40-year-old singer, who identifies as a teetotaler, expressed his willingness to pledge not to create such songs, provided that all states declare themselves dry. He remarked, “If all states declare themselves dry states, I’ll stop singing songs about alcohol from the very next day… You shut the ‘thekas’ in the country… I take a pledge.”Diljit also cautioned his critics, saying, “Don’t mess with me.”
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