Singer and former Bigg Boss 14 contestant Rahul Vaidya has been receiving death threats for his recently-released song 'Garbe Ki Raat', for mentioning the name of 'Shri Mogal Maa'.
As per a report by ANI, the song, which features Rahul and TV actor Nia Sharma, has not gone down well with a section of the goddess' devotees, especially among the Gujarati audiences. The devotees have reportedly claimed that they are hurt by the depiction of Nia on the religious folk wordings addressing the goddesses.
The ANI report also states that Rahul has been receiving a number of messages and threat calls asking him to remove the mention of the deity or else face dire consequences.
Some have even demanded that he remove the song from various platforms.
Confirming the same to ANI, Rahul's spokesperson said in a statement that they are going to get the song rectified. The statement, quoted by ANI, read, "Yes it's true these messages and calls have gone up in number since last night, the messages speak about having Rahul Vaidya Killed, beaten and filing FIRs against him to have him arrested and so on.. while we would like to maintain that the mention of the deity was done with respect and did not mean to hurt anyone's sentiments."
"However, understanding the fact that the mention has not gone down too well with a certain section of people we respect that and are working to get it rectified at our level. We urge everyone who has taken offence to this to allow us a few days as the platform we have released the song on will take at least a few days to adjust the rectification. Rest assured we respect the emotions and sentiments of all those who have raised their concern and are diligently working towards rectifying it," the statement continued.
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