Day after rapper Hard Kaur posted a video supporting the Khalistan movement and abusing PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, her Twitter account was suspended. In the video, she also promoted her new song titled We Are Warriors endorsing support for a separate Khalistan.
The singer had recently been posting a lot of Pro-Khalistan photos and videos on social media.
In the video, where is is standing with Khalistan supporters, they are saying, “You’ll not be able to silence Taran Kaur, she’ll raise her voice again. Amit Shah, it is very easy to stand and speak in the Parliament, since the government, police and law, everything is under you. Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, this is for you. On 15 August, we’ll hoist our Khalistani flag in 15 nations. Stop us if you can legally.”
“Amit Shah and Modi and all other politicians, you all use people for your personal agenda. Come and fight me. Being a girl, I challenge you. Stop doing these girly things, like sedition charges, rape threats, death threats. What is the meaning of threatening my family, my fans. ”Hard Kaur
On 18 June, she had posted a photo of CM Yogi Adityanath referring to him as ‘Rapeman Yogi’. “If this guy was a superhero his name would be-rapeman yogi. You call him when you want your sisters, mothers, daughters raped. National hero. I personally call him #orangerapeman#indiastandup,” she wrote. She was booked for sedition for the same.
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