Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh had a special guest during the rehearsals of his concert as Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped at his “sold-out” show in Rogers Centre, a stadium in Downtown Toronto, Ontario.
In a video, Diljit is seen greeting PM Trudeau with folded hands.
Sharing the video, the singer wrote, “Diversity is Canada’s strength. Prime Minister @justinpjtrudeau came to check out history in the making: we sold out the Rogers Centre!”
As soon as the video was shared, fans and industry friends chimed in the comment section.
Singer Harshdeep Kaur wrote, “Legend.”
One of the users wrote, “@diljitdosanjh thank you for representing each one of us on this level.”
Impressed by Diljit Dosanjh’s presence in the country, the Canadian PM took to X handle and shared pictures from his visit to the venue where the singer performed live.
He captioned the post, which read, “Stopped by the Rogers Centre to wish @diljitdosanjh good luck before his show. Canada is a great country — one where a guy from Punjab can make history and sell out stadiums. Diversity isn’t just our strength. It’s a super power.”
However, PM Trudeau’s post on X about the encounter got backlash in India when he referred to Dosanjh as “a guy from Punjab”. People asked why the Canadian PM didn’t refer to Dosanjh as an Indian artist.
BJP’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa criticised Trudeau for calling Diljit Dosanjh a “Punjabi singer” instead of an “Indian singer” in a social media post, accusing Trudeau of “deliberate mischief through wordplay”.
“Let me correct this, Mr Prime Minister — where one guy from INDIA can make history and sell out stadiums,” Sirsa wrote.
“Your gesture of lauding a fantastic artist like Diljit has been totally overshadowed by your deliberate mischief through wordplay,” Sirsa added.
The backlash against Trudeau’s post comes amid strained relations between India and Canada.
