{"id":659839,"date":"2026-05-09T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:11:15","slug":"kade-vi-nahi-mera-kaam-entertainment-karna-diljit-dosanjh-declines-to-take-political-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659839\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kade vi nahi\u2026 Mera kaam entertainment karna\u2019: Diljit Dosanjh declines to take political plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reacting to the news report that whether Diljit Dosanjh is planning to enter politics, the Punjabi singer-actor has declined to take the political plunge, saying his focus remains solely on entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The Punjabi singer has been in the news in recent days not only for his Aura 2026 tour, but also for taking on pro-Khalastani elements.<\/p>\n<p>His response came after a report in Punjabi Tribune, saying: \u201cKade vi nahi\u2026 Mera kaam entertainment karna. I am very happy in my field. Thank you so much,\u201d in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kadey v Nhi..<\/p>\n<p>Mera Kam Entertainment Karna<\/p>\n<p>Am Very Happy in My Field<\/p>\n<p>Thank You So Much \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWMAC8d98q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/VWMAC8d98q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diljitdosanjh\/status\/2052950224339869963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news gained momentum after Jaago Punjab Manch \u2013 a group of civil society activists drawn from various walks of life, including retired Army personnel, publicly appealed to him to enter politics through a full-page advertisement published in a leading English daily.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation urged Diljit to \u201cseize the moment\u201d and enter the political arena, possibly marking one of the first such public appeals made to a singer by a social group in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a new video of Diljit from his Calgary concert surfaced ahead of his concert in Winnipeg, Canada, in which he said, \u201cI\u2019m being abused from both sides,\u201d amid protests by pro-Khalistan supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Related news:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/punjab\/is-punjabi-global-star-diljit-dosanjh-the-new-political-icon-punjab-is-looking-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is Punjabi global star Diljit Dosanjh the new political icon Punjab is looking for<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the show, he said, \u201cI am abused from both sides. In India, people call me Khalistani, while here they \u2014 pro-Khalistani elements \u2014 call me \u2018India wala\u2019. I don\u2019t understand where I belong, but I feel I\u2019m on the right path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the singer and some pro-Khalistan groups appear to have escalated after he criticised protesters displaying Khalistan flags during his Aura 2026 concert in Calgary on May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Merely four pro-khalastani elements protested against him during his concert in Winnipeg, Canada, but failed to find support.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reacting to the news report that whether Diljit Dosanjh is planning to enter politics, the Punjabi singer-actor has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[318826,318827,318828,318829,64,63,447,96791,149047,134,312182,84,124126],"class_list":["post-659839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-aura2026tour","tag-canadaconcert","tag-jaagopunjabmanch","tag-singerpolitics","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-civilsociety","tag-diljitdosanjh","tag-entertainment","tag-khalistan","tag-politics","tag-punjabisinger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}