Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on November 16 mentioned racism needs to be condemned “unequivocally” after a contestant from Guwahati on a dance actuality present was allegedly subjected to racist rhetoric.
In a clip of Colors TV’s “Dance Deewane 3” that has gone viral on social media, the present’s host-dancer Raghav Juyal is seen introducing an Assamese youngster contestant, Gunjan Sinha, with a monologue that includes phrases reminiscent of “momo,” “ching chong,” and “gibberish Chinese”. The third season of the present, which went on air earlier this 12 months, concluded final month.
It has come to my discover {that a} well-liked actuality present host has used racist rhetoric in opposition to a younger participant from Guwahati. This is shameful and completely unacceptable. Racism has no place in our nation and we must always all condem it unequivocally.— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 16, 2021
The Chief Minister took to Twitter and mentioned the “racist rhetoric” in opposition to the contestant was unacceptable. Dance Deewane 3 was judged by Madhuri Dixit-Nene and choreographers Tushar Kalia and Dharmesh Yelande. Remo D’Souza featured on the mentioned episode as a particular visitor. Raghav shared a video on Instagram in an try to “clarify the misunderstanding”. In a video posted on his social media web page, Raghav talks about how folks have judged the incident based mostly on a small a part of the episode and have accused him with out realizing the context. He says that being known as “a racist” is affecting his psychological well being.
Now, Gunjan Sinha’s father has additionally issued an official assertion concerning the controversy. He mentioned, “I can shed light because I was the part of the show. She learned to speak Chinese by watching YouTube. When she was asked about her talent on the TV show, she said she could speak Chinese. They asked her to speak Chinese. That’s why it’s mentioned in the script. Not because she is from Assam. People are wrongly reacting on social media. If there was anything along those lines, I would have taken a stand, since we all are from Assam. Basically, it was scripted as she could speak Chinese.”
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