Not a young lad to take humiliation, the cops say as Sonu Nigam speaks out about the Bengaluru concert row. "

After being criticized for bringing up the Pahalgam incident when a fan requested that he sing in Kannada, singer Sonu Nigam clarified his position on Instagram.Regarding a recent video of him performing in Karnataka that landed him in hot water, singer Sonu Nigam spoke out. He was criticized for allegedly bringing up the Pahalgam incident after declining to play in Kannada at a fan's request. On Monday, he shared an explanation of what transpired.Sonu Nigam provides an explanation of the events during the Karnataka concert. In his note, Sonu stated that he had shown "unprecedented love" for language, culture, music, and performers from "anywhere in the world," not just Karnataka. In addition, he asserted that he "admired" Kannada music more than Hindi ones. Sonu claimed that anytime he is in Karnataka, he prepares more than an hour's worth of Kannada songs.

He asserted, however, that a fan "humiliated" him during the performance and felt "threatened" by a person his son's age. "I am not a young boy to take humiliation from anyone," he stated. Considering that I am 51 years old and in my second half of life, I have the right to take offense to someone as young as my son threatening me in front of thousands of people in the name of a language—Kannada, which is my second language at work. After my first song of the show, at that! He agitated some more. They were being asked to stop talking by their own people, who were ashamed.