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Punjabi Rapper Honey Singh Courts Row Over Lewd Lyrics In Song 'Makhna'

Honey Singh in 2013 was involved in a controversy over the lyrics of his song 'Main hoon balatkari (I am a rapist'.

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Punjabi Rapper Honey Singh Courts Row Over Lewd Lyrics In Song 'Makhna'
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Popular Punjabi rapper Honey Singh has again courted controversy for lewd lyrics in his new song "Makhna".

Taking a suo moto cognizance, Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson, Manisha Gulati said she has written to the Director General of Police to register a criminal case against the singer for using lyrics like "Mein hoon womaniser (I am a womaniser)".

"A legal action and an inquiry is required to be initiated by the police on the matter as the song readied by T-series chairman Bhushan Kumar and singers Honey Singh and Neha Kakkar use vulgar words against women," she said in a communique.

She said the Commission has sought status report from the police officials by July 12 in this regard.

Demanding a ban on the song, she said it is "indecent and have a degrading influence on society".

The rapper in 2013 was involved in a controversy over the lyrics of his song "Main hoon balatkari (I am a rapist)".

Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered the Punjab government to file a case against Honey Singh for singing vulgar songs.

It had also said singers like Honey Singh should be boycotted, as "his songs make us hang our heads in shame".

(IANS)