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Updated: Sep 22, 2023 03:11 IST

Ottawa [Canada], September 22 (ANI): Facing a large backlash over his controversial social media submit amid the diplomatic sabre-rattling between India and Canada, Punjabi-Canadian rapper Shubhneet Singh (popularly generally known as Shubh) on Thursday mentioned he was “extremely disheartened” with the cancellation of his India tour.
The rapper’s ‘Still Rollin India tour’ was cancelled earlier over his alleged help to the Khalistan trigger.
In an announcement shared on Instagram, Shubhneet Singh mentioned he had been practising arduous for his India tour for the previous two months and was very excited on the prospect of performing within the nation.
Taking to his web page on Instagram, the rapper posted, “As a young rapper-singer hailing from Punjab, it was my life’s dream to put my music on an international dais. But the recent happenings have tumbled my hard work and progress, and I wanted to say a few words to express my dismay and sorrow.”
“I’m extremely disheartened by the cancellation of my tour in India. I was highly amped up and enthusiastic to perform in my country, in front of my people. The preparations were in full swing and I was practicing with my heart and soul for the last two months. And I was very excited, happy, and ready to perform. But I guess destiny had some other plans,” he added in his submit.
Terming India as his nation, he mentioned his “ancestors and Gurus did not blink an eye” when it got here to creating sacrifices for the nation’s freedom.
“India is MY country too. I was born here. It is the land of my GURUS and my ANCESTORS, who didn’t even blink an eye to make sacrifices for the freedom of this land, for its glory, and for the family. And Punjab is my soul, Punjab is in my blood. Whatever I am today, I am because of being a Punjabi,” he added in his Instagram submit.
On his earlier submit that had sparked solely fury, Shubhneet mentioned he supposed to hope for Punjab as there have been stories of electrical energy shutdown within the state, including that he didn’t intend to harm anybody’s sentiments.
The singer mentioned the accusations hurled at him affected him “deeply”. 
On Wednesday, BookMyShow introduced that Shubhneet’s ‘Still Rollin Tour for India‘ had been cancelled. 
In a submit shared on X, BookMyShow acknowledged, “Singer Shubhneet Singh’s Still Rollin Tour for India stands cancelled. To that finish, BookMyShow has initiated a complete refund of the ticket amount for all consumers who had purchased tickets for the show. The refund will be reflected within 7-10 working days in the customer’s source account of the original transaction.” 
The ticket-booking app confronted a backlash on social media for internet hosting a singer branded an alleged Khalistani sympathiser within the wake of his earlier submit.
Earlier, on Wednesday, #UninstallBookMyShow began trending on X with some customers calling Shubh a ‘Khalistani’.
The rapper had shared a distorted map of India on his Instagram tales which he captioned, “Pray for Punjab”.
Reportedly, ace India cricketer Virat Kohli additionally unfollowed Shubhneet on Instagram amid the backlash. 
The diplomatic relations between India and Canada took a flip for the more serious after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Union authorities of being behind the deadly capturing of wished Khalistan chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India, nonetheless, rejected the allegations levelled by the Trudeau administration, terming them “absurd” and “motivated”. (ANI)