Yogi’s government does not like Qawwali

In an event organized by the Uttar Pradesh government in Lucknow, Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi was stopped from dancing because she was performing it to the tune of a qawwali. However, before that, he presented two other programs on the same stage.

Manjari Chaturvedi came from Delhi to perform in the cultural program of the seventh Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region Conference held in Lucknow. The program was organized on the occasion of dinner given by the UP Legislative Speaker.

The program was being held on Thursday night and many ministers and officials including Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath was to attend it. Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit was also present at the time when Manjari Chaturvedi was presenting the program.

Speaking to the media, Manjari Chaturvedi says, “I was given 45 minutes and the name of my program was Rang-e-Ishq. I performed on a qawwali after presenting a dance based on Radha-Krishna and the story of Gauharjan. I was doing. Qawwali had started that the music was suddenly stopped. I stood on the stage and could understand something, then some officers standing on the stage started saying that here Minister will not. This is the official program. “

Manjari says that after hearing this she did not remain silent and lodged her pain and complaint from the stage itself. She says, “I said from the stage that I have been giving programs for 25 years and so far my programs have been done in 35 countries but that have never happened. I talk about Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb. Ishq, Pyaar Aur Mohabbat Let’s talk. “

“There is no problem if you stop here. I will do it somewhere else. But I will definitely do this thing. After that, I walked away with hello. Neither did I say anything nor did anyone try to stop me. Next day I went to give Hyderabad program. “

Manjari Chaturvedi said that their program and what they want to perform under it, it was already decided. All these things were also written in the invitation letter which was distributed to the people.

Despite this, at one point he was stopped while performing dance on singing qawwali. Manjari Chaturvedi also expressed his pain on Facebook and wrote that he is having trouble with the fact that it was done in his hometown.

The program was organized by the Ministry of Culture. Culture Ministry officials are refraining from saying anything officially on this issue, but according to the media reports, Manjari Chaturvedi was stopped not because of Qawwali but because of lack of time. An official told on the condition of anonymity, “Due to the rain, all the programs had to be shortened, in that way they were given less time. The time was getting longer and some artists’ programs were still left, so they Stopped. “

Manjari Chaturvedi is a famous Sufi-Kathak dancer and has performed Kathak at many places in the country and abroad. He says that there was no religious element in the qawwali on which his presentation was stopped. According to him, this qawwali ‘Aisa Bana Saawarna Mubarak Tujhe’ is the story of a heroine’s makeup and is a very famous qawwali.

Manjari Chaturvedi says that no one stopped her at that time but later she got a call from the Department of Culture that you will be invited to the UP Festival program to be held after one week. However, it has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Culture whether they have been invited to the UP Festival program or not.

On the other hand, there was also a conflict between the Assembly Secretariat and the Ministry of Culture in this matter. A Culture Ministry official said, “Things like calling or not calling any artist or what event they will do depends on the organizer and the event was organized by the Assembly Secretariat. The role of the Ministry of Culture is only helping. “ But no comment has been made by the Assembly Secretariat in this matter.

Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.