Punjab Women Panel Sends Notice to Honey Singh over Vulgar Lyrics
The commission has objected to lyrics of his song ‘Makhna’
Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh has again landed himself in a soup as Punjab Women's State Commission has sent him a notice for his latest music video 'Makhna', in which he has allegedly again used vulgar lyrics. Manisha Gulati, chairperson of the commission took a suo moto action and wrote to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Punjab DGP, and IG, Crime, Punjab. She has asked them to take action on the matter especially for using lyrics like ‘Mein hoon womaniser’ and ‘Silicon wali ladkiyon ko mein pakadta nahi’.
Manisha, in her complaint, added, “This song is getting viral on social media and its video is also objectionable. Hence, we have taken a serious note of it and asked the police to register an FIR against the singer and company owner. We want that this song be banned and hence we have also raised our objection with the censor board. We cannot allow songs with such obscene words to be allowed to propagate further. We will also meet the state government officials to get the song banned at least from Punjab.”
She said, “I have been told that a senior police official has been assigned the task and will meet me on Thursday.” The commission has asked for a report from the police officials by 12 July.
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