Published 10:06 IST, July 20th 2024

Diljit Dosanjh's Manager Addresses Claims Of Non-payment Of Dancers In Diluminati Tour

Diljit Dosanjh's manager Sonali Singh slammed Rajat Batta for presenting a 'false narrative'. She clarified that the official team never contacted them.

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Diljit Dosanjh is creating a heavy buzz on Internet, t for his songs, but for allegedly t paying dancers. On Friday, Rajat Batta, an entrepreneur who runs several professional dance groups, me an allegation against Punjabi singer for t paying to dancers performing in background on st during a Dil-Luminati tour across US and Cana. w, Diljit's manr Sonali Singh has dressed allegations and rubbished m by requesting m to stop spreing misinformation.

Diljit Dosanjh is currently doing Dil-Luminati Tour across various countries, such as US, Cana, Europe, and his home turf of India. tour kicked off in Vancouver, Cana, and so far, he has performed across US and Cana.

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Diljit Dosanjh's manr Sonali breaks silence

Taking to her Instagram handle, Sonali shared a statement clarifying that Rajat Batta and Manpreet Toor were never contacted by ir official team. She ded that y were t part of  Dil-Luminati Tour. She started off her statement by writing, "Just to clarify Rajat Batta, Manpreet Toor and or choreographers who are making statements of Dil-Lumanati Tour were never a part of tour, Our official team never contacted Rajat Batta or Manpreet Toor who are presenting false narrative on social media. Rajat and Manpreet were t part of Dil-Lumanati tour in any way."

" official choreographers for Dil-Lumatani tour are Balwinder Singh, Preet Chahal, Divya and Parth (Vancouver)," she continued. Sonali signed off by writing, "Anyone t involved in tour should stop spreing misinformation."

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What did Rajat Batta claim?

He took to his Instagram handle and penned a long te stating that dances in Diljit's toDil-Lumanati tour were t paid. In a series of posts, Batta alleged that all of Desi Dancers in Diljit's shows were t paid and were expected to perform for free. His te re, While we as a Desi Dance Community are really proud of a Desi Artist breaking glass ceilings and doing sold-out tours across rth America... I still feel deeply disappointed that Desi Dancers are still undervalued as an industry."

"All of Desi Dancers in Diljit's Dil-Luminati Tour were t paid, and just expected to perform for free...Desi Dance as an industry has become a lifeblood for artists and do a significant part in entire ecosystem of industry... while its choreography, st performances, music videos, reels, to even promoting songs," he continued.

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"It's an essential part of production and it's really disappointing to see an artist of this caliber cut corners by stepping on throats of Desi Dancer industry and continue to attribute to that culture. Diljit, we are very happy for your success, but your dancers should have been paid and been a part of production budget," he concluded.

10:06 IST, July 20th 2024