The singer had appeared on stage wearing jeans instead of a Dhoti.
Digital desk: The Rongali Bihu festivities at East Guwahati Bihu Sanmilan in Chandmari ended with an unhappy moment when intoxicated committee members drove out singer Diganta Bharati from the stage. An intoxicated group from the event committee mistreated Assamese singer Diganta Bharati while pushing him off stage despite his reluctance to conduct a performance.
The reports claim that Diganta Bharati had come to East Guwahati Bihu Sanmilan as an audience to accompany his wife, Bhaswati Bharati, who received an official invitation to perform on 16th April , evening. The organizers continued to demand Diganta to perform at the event, though he kept refusing their requests multiple times.
Diganta finally consented after long persuasion, and he proceeded to the stage. Before starting his performance, the committee gave him a traditional gesture by giving him a Gamusa. However, midway through his performance, committee members, including Simanta Thakuria, arrived onstage. The committee members who were reportedly intoxicated seized the microphone from Diganta before dragging him off the stage by force.
The committee members justified their actions as the singer chose to wear jeans instead of the expectation of wearing a traditional Dhoti.
Bhaswati Bharati later accused several members of the organizing team of being intoxicated and also said the situation escalated due to their drunken and unprofessional behavior. Spectators also became enraged, and music organizers took a decision to cancel the Bihu function early.
Diganta Bharati was humiliated on stage after being persuaded to perform even though he went there as an audience.
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