Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) on October 29 issued a threat against Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh for touching the feet of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan on the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati 17 (KBC-17) and plans to “shut down” Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in Australia on November 1, 2025.
The threat comes after the KBC promo went viral, showing Amitabh Bachchan introducing the singer by saying, “Punjab da puttar, Diljit Dosanjh ka main haardik abhinandan karta hoon.” Then, in a heartwarming gesture, Diljit touched Bachchan’s feet.
SFJ has accused Amitabh Bachchan of “inciting mobs” during the anti-Sikh violence of 1984. “By touching the feet of Bachchan, the man whose words orchestrated genocide, Diljit Dosanjh has insulted every victim, every widow, and every orphan of the 1984 Sikh genocide,” Pannun said.
The SFJ alleged that Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan had incited crowds by raising the genocidal slogan ‘Khoon Ka Badla Khoon (Blood for Blood)’. According to the Khalistani outfit, Bachchan’s ‘Khoon Ka Badla Khoon’ call unleashed violence in which over “30,000 Sikh men, women, and children were killed across India.”
Calling Diljit Dosanjh’s scheduled show a “mockery of remembrance,” SFJ urged Sikh groups worldwide to boycott his concert. “Remembrance is not for sale, and genocide cannot be normalised for applause,” SFJ said in its statement.
The SFJ further announced that it would stage a Panthic shutdown rally outside the venue of Diljit’s concert on November 1 and has written to the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, asking him to summon Dosanjh to explain his actions.
Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh authority, had in 2010 officially declared the 1984 killings as a “genocide” and designated November 1 as Sikh Genocide Remembrance Day.
The episode featuring the Punjabi singer will air on October 31. Diljit Dosanjh, who recently made history as the first Indian artist to sell out a stadium show in Sydney, has not yet issued a public response to the threat.
Notably, on October 31, 1984, after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots broke out in Delhi on November 1.
