Jalandhar: With the initiative of Jalandhar (Rural) Police, prominent singers of the region today pledged to restrain from singing songs glorifying the gun culture and gangster lifestyles as well as promoting drug culture in their songs and videos.
This vow was taken by the singers during a meeting organized by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jalandhar Rural Gurpreet Singh Bhullar here in his office. The meeting was organized on the directions of Director General of Police Punjab Suresh Arora to check negative impact of such songs on the young minds.
During the meeting prominent singers including Hans Raj Hans, Surinder Laddi, Nirmal Sidhu, Dalwinder Dayalpuri and others also advocated stern action against those singers, who indulge in such acts. These singers said that in the larger interest of the state such songs and videos need to be checked. They also lauded the role being played by the Punjab Police to check this dangerous trend.
Taking part in deliberations, SSP said that the primary motive of organizing the meeting was to insinuate the singers as well as artists that some of the singers/artists were deliberately eulogizing the gun culture and lifestyles of the gangster lifestyles, besides promoting drug culture in their songs and videos. He said that these songs and videos create a negative impact on the young impressionable minds, which needs to be checked. Bhullar said that on the directions of DGP, the Rural Police has taken this initiative to reverse this negative trend.
The SSP said that the singers/artists should realize their social responsibilities towards society and desist from making such wrong kind of anti-social songs to avoid any legal action. He said that it was the high time that singers as well as artists must come forward for creating a positive environment to ensure that the youth of the state does not get disarrayed. Soliciting fulsome support and cooperation from the singers and artists, Bhullar said that it was collective responsibility of all of them to ensure that youth tread the right path and contribute in socio-economic development of the state.
On the occasion, Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh Cheema and Balkar Singh were also present.