The singer of the song With You, AP Dhillon, speaks out on the Shubh Khalistan debate and calls it a political goal.
Since Shubh, or Shubhneet Singh, posted a contentious map of India, a lot has happened. The ‘Khalistani’ moniker was given to the Canadian musician, and the dispute escalated when Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Hardik Pandya allegedly stopped following the singer of Cheques on social media. With You vocalist AP Dhillon breaks his silence over the incident in the paragraphs below.
Since Shubh made the major error, the effects of his post have been favourable. He has been dropped by a number of people and political organisations. His Indian visit has also been cancelled in light of the strong criticism. The Canadian-based AP has posted a message on “unity” and disseminating positive energy amid all the unrest.
AP Dhillon took to his Instagram stories and began, “I try to stay out of all the social mania as it is clear to me that regardless of what I say or do, it is a lost cause… someone, somewhere is going to spin the narrative to their liking and create more division. As an artist it has become almost impossible to stay focussed on your craft and do what you love. I try to be mindful of everyone’s sentiments but it has gotten to a point where we have to second and triple guess our every move due to fear of unintentionally fuelling even more division.”
AP Dhillon continued, “Special interest and political groups constantly use our (artists’) public image as a chess piece to further their agenda, while we are just trying to make art that helps people on individual level, regardless of their colour, race, religion, nationality, gender etc. Spread love not hate. Let’s start thinking for ourselves and not let hateful influences program our beliefs. We are ALL one. Let’s not let man-made social constructs divide us. Division has gotten us to this point but unity is the key to the future…”
In the meantime, Shubh also made an official statement outlining how the accusations have significantly impacted him.
