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A day after LA based entrepreneur Rajat Batta accused Diljit Dosanjh and his team of not paying the background dancers of his ongoing Dil-Lumanti Tour, the Punjabi singer-actor’s manager Sonali Singh has shared a statement. On Saturday, Sonali in a joint Instagram post with Diljit’s choreographer Balwinder Singh, said the singer’s official team never contacted Rajat Batta or Manpreet Toor and claimed that they were presenting a false narrative on social media. She, however, did not make a comment about the actual issue and did not say if the dancers on the shows are being paid.
Sharing a long note, Sonali wrote, “Just to clarify Rajat Batta, Manpreet Toor and other choreographers who are making statements for Diluminati tour were never a part of the tour. Our official team never contacted Rajat Batta or Manpreet Toor who are presenting false narrative on social media. Rajat and Manpreet were not part of the Diluminati tour in anyway.”
She added, “The official choreographers for the Diluminati tour are Balwinder Singh, Preet Chahal, Divya and Parth (Vancouver). Anyone not involved in the tour should stop spreading misinformation.”
One of the accused of “false narratives”, Manpreet Toor, left a comment on Sonali’s post that read: “Always love and peace… hope you’re able to see the other side of it and comment on the actual issue that we have brought up. That’s it. Anyways, good luck at the next tour hopefully there is change.”
The controversy started after Rajat Batta shared a long note on his Instagram tagging Diljit Dosanjh. The note read: “While we as a Desi Dance Community are really proud of a Desi Artist breaking glass ceilings and doing sold out tours across North America… I still feel deeply disappointed that Desi Dancers are still undervalued as an industry.” In the same note he alleged, “All of the Desi Dancers in Diljit’s Diluminati Tour were not paid, and just expected to perform for free.”
Another excerpt of the note read, “Diljit, we are very happy for your success, but your dancers should have been paid and been a part of the production budget.”
Soon after Rajat’s claims, a few dancers who have worked with Diljit on the tour put out a statement on Instagram saying “from the moment we were contacted to the final performance we were enveloped in respect and professionalism by Diljit Dosanjh and his incredible team.” The note further called the opportunity of working with Diljit “priceless”. “We stand united in our decision to perform”, read the note further. It also said, “While we appreciate the concern, we do not wish to be represented by the voices who don’t understand our relationship, motivations, sacrifices and the immense value we place on such experiences.”
Diljit is yet to make a comment on the subject.
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