Guru Randhawa DEACTIVATES X Account After Backlash Over Tweet Targetting Diljit Dosanjh Amid Sardaar Ji 3 Controversy

Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa faced backlash on social media on Thursday after he penned a cryptic note seemingly targeted at Diljit Dosanjh amid the latter's Sardaar Ji 3 controversy. And post the backlash, Guru deactivated his X handle, leaving his fans confused.

It all began after Guru took to his X handle to pen a note without taking names. "Even if you become a complete foreigner, you should never betray your own country. One should never wish ill for the country that provides for them. Even if now your citizenship is not Indian but you were born here, please remember this. This country made great artists, and we all are proud of it. Please be proud of where you were born. Just an advice. Now don't start controversy again and manipulate Indians LOL. PR is bigger than the artist (sic)," he wrote, and netizens were convinced that it was a dig at Diljit, who has been facing the heat for starring in Sardaar Ji 3 with Pakistani actress Hania Aamir.

But soon after, netizens criticised Guru and called his post a "petty move". Some even stated that he was using Diljit's controversy for his own publicity.

And amid the backlash, the singer has now deactivated his X handle without any explanation.

What is the Sardaar Ji 3 controversy?

Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh was slammed on social media after he dropped the trailer of his upcoming film, Sardaar Ji 3, featuring Pakistani actress Hania Aamir, despite the decision to ban Pakistani artists in the country post the Pahalgam attack.

The makers of Sardaar Ji 3 then issued an official statement which read, "This is to bring to everyone's kind notice that the film, named Sardaar Ji 3, was shot well before the prevailing situation that our country is facing right now and it was never ever the case that any Pakistani artist was signed or was engaged after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam."

Sardaar Ji 3 will now release only outside India.