Book Honey Singh for vulgar song, says women panel
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 2
Having earlier remained in dock for song ‘Mein hoon balatkari’, rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh is yet again in controversy over his music video ‘Makhna’ in which he has allegedly again used vulgar lyrics.
Chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commission Manisha Gulati, who was in the city today, said taking a suo moto notice of the matter, she had written to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Punjab DGP, and IG, Crime, Punjab, recommending action against the singer, especially for using lyrics like ‘Mein hoon womaniser’ and ‘Silicon wali ladkiyon ko mein pakadta nahi’.
The commission chairperson has sought status report from senior police officials by July 12 on the matter. In a communique that she has sent to the officials yesterday, she has written, “A legal action and an inquiry is required to be initiated by the police on the matter as the song readied by T-series chairman Bhushan Kumar and singers Honey Singh and Neha Kakkar uses vulgar words against women.”
Gulati 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.”
