Karnataka say no to Sunny Leone’s New Year bash : Here’s the reason
Bengaluru Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar on Saturday denied permission to a New Year bash in the city where Bollywood cine star Sunny Leone has been invited to perform, ostensibly to “maintain law and order” and prevent any “untoward incident”.
“We are denying permission for the Sunny Leone’s musical show on December 31 night to maintain law and order and prevent any untoward incident in the city,” Kumar told reporters.
The decision against Sunny Leone also came a day after about 100 activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike had demonstrated on Friday at the venue against her presence in the show.
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and some other organisations have been opposing the proposed event on December 31 alleging that the invitation to Sunny Leone will be an “assault” on the city’s culture.
For the past one week, the KRV members have been agitating in the city, taking out rallies and burning effigies of Sunny Leone.
“As the Bollywood star is popular and has a huge following, as evident from a massive gathering at Kochi (in Kerala) on her recent visit (in August), we have decided not to permit her to perform in the city on the New Year eve,” said Kumar.
“It’s surprising how the event management is selling tickets online without applying for our permission to conduct the event with Leone,” said Kumar.
The Canadian-born Indian-American actress, model and singer, whose real name is Karenjit Kaur Vohra, entered Bollywood in 2012 and crooned item numbers in Hindi, Kannada and other Indian languages.
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