MUMBAI: Legendary Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali got an invite to perform in Delhi after his concert in Mumbai was cancelled due to the threat of extremist Hindu party Shiv Sena, Dunya News quoted Indian Express.
Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra, who handles the law, art and culture portfolios in the Arvind Kejriwal-led government, invited Ghulam Ali to perform at a concert in the national capital.
“Sad that Ghulam Ali is not being allowed in Mumbai, I invite him to come to Delhi and do the concert. Music has no boundaries,” Mishra wrote on Twitter.
The concert due on October 9 at Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall was to be a tribute to Jagjit Singh on his fourth death anniversary.
Extremist Hindu party Shiv Sena threatened to cancel Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai, a deed in which the extremist party suceeded as the authorities caved in later.
The supporters of Shiv Sena while protesting stated that they don’t want to build any cultural bond with Pakistan. They said that strict action would be taken if Pakistani singer performs in the concert.
“Your soldiers and civilians are being killed on the border. We will not allow Pakistanis to come and perform on our soil,” Chitrapat Sena Akshay Badrapurkar, who led a delegation to the hall, said. They threatened to launch a “Sena-style” protest if their demand was not met.
Later, Ghulam Ali, in an interview to NDTV, said that he was not angry, but very hurt.
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