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BookMyShow on Wednesday cancelled Punjabi-Canadian singer Shubhneet Singh's India tour after the ticket booking app faced a boycott call on social media for hosting a singer who is allegedly a Khalistani sympathiser.In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, BookMyShow said it will do a complete refund of the tickets within 7-10 days.Singer Shubhneet Singh’s Still Rollin Tour for India stands cancelled.    #Canada #CanadianPrimeminister #BookMyShow #UninstallBookMyShow #ShubhIndiaTourCancelled #SingerShubhIndiaTour #HardeepSinghNijjar #BoAT #SingerShubh #ShubhneetSingh #SingerShubhBoAT #CanadaExpelsIndianDiplomat #MelanieJoly #IndianDiplomatExpelled #TrudeauOnNijjar #KhalistanTerrorist #Khalistan                 ~PR.152~HT.99~ED.101~

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00:00 As India-Canada tensions flare over killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar,

00:05 popular Canadian singer Shubneet Singh is facing backlash over his recent post

00:11 showing support to the Khalistan movement through social media.

00:14 Book My Show on Wednesday cancelled Punjabi-Canadian singer Shubneet Singh's India tour

00:20 after the ticket booking app faced a boycott call on social media

00:24 for hosting a singer who is allegedly a Khalistani sympathiser.

00:29 In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter,

00:32 Book My Show said it will do a complete refund of the tickets within 7-10 days.

00:37 Singer Shubneet Singh's still-rolling tour for India stands cancelled.

00:43 To that end, Book My Show has initiated a complete refund of the ticket amount

00:47 for all consumers who had purchased tickets for the show.

00:50 The refund will be reflected within 7-10 working days

00:53 in the customer's source account of the original transaction.

00:57 Earlier in the day, an uninstalled Book My Show was trending on X,

01:00 with some calling Shub as the singer is popularly known

01:04 a Khalistani and supporter of separatist leaders.

01:23 Shubneet Singh, popularly known as Shub, was to perform at the Cruise Control 4.0 event

01:28 in Mumbai from September 23 to 25.

01:31 Following the diplomatic tensions between India and Canada

01:34 over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Trudeau's allegations of Indian governments' link to Nijjar's killing,

01:40 Bharatiya Janta Party Youth Wing (BJYM)

01:43 removed posters of the upcoming event of Shub in Mumbai.

01:47 The BJYM has alleged that Shub supports the Khalistani movement through social media.

01:52 The BHP Youth Wing claimed that Shub had recently posted a distorted map of Bharat

01:56 through a post on social media.

01:58 BJYM President Tajinder Singh Tiwana said that Shub posted a map of India

02:03 without Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab on his Instagram account

02:06 and another post in the form of a post story under the name 'Pray for Punjab'.

02:11 The Youth Wing had also submitted a memorandum to the Mumbai Police Commissioner

02:14 demanding strict action against Shub and cancellation of all his performances.

02:20 "We have given a memorandum to the organisers and Mumbai Police to cancel the programme peacefully

02:24 and if appropriate action is not taken, we will protest.

02:28 Through the memorandum, we have demanded the registration of an FIR against rapper Shub,"

02:33 the BJYM President had said.

02:35 Meanwhile, consumer electronics company Boat on Tuesday said

02:38 it has decided to withdraw sponsorship of Canada-based Punjabi singer Shub's upcoming tour to India

02:43 over certain remarks he made earlier this year.

02:47 "At Boat, while our commitment to the incredible music community runs deep,

02:51 we are first and foremost a true Indian brand.

02:54 Therefore, when we became aware of the remarks made by artist Shub earlier this year,

02:58 we chose to withdraw our sponsorship from the tour," the company said in a post on social media platform X.

03:05 Shub is an upcoming Punjabi rapper who rose to fame due to large number of streams on Instagram reels

03:11 of his song 'Still Rollin'.

03:13 He released his first breakout single 'We Rollin' in 2021 and as of 2023,

03:19 it has reached more than 201 million views on YouTube.

03:23 He recently released his debut album 'Still Rollin' and announced his first ever India tour

03:28 starting in 10 different cities and a cruise this year.

03:31 BookMyShow was a sponsor of the Indian tour.

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