Canada-based singer Shubhneet Singh, who is very popular for his funky Punjabi rap songs, is in news for wrong reasons. An Instagram post by the singer reportedly supporting Khalistan has triggered a massive controversy even as the diplomatic tension between India and Canada rages on.

Shubneet Singh who is popularly known by his stage name ‘Shubh’ became the centre of a controversy involving the straining relations between Canada and India. Shubh rose to fame in the music industry with his hits like “Elevated”, “OG” and “Cheques” and has created a massive fan base across the world.

The singer had a tour planned in India which was being sponsored by the electronics brand boAt. On September 19, the company founded by Aman Gupta, withdrew its sponsorship for the singer’s tour due to the singer’s controversial actions earlier this year. Shubh had shared a distorted map of India on his Instagram story which clearly left out the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and the Northeastern states. “Pray for Punjab” was written along the picture. The singer was massively trolled on social media for this. He later deleted the map and posted “Pray for Punjab” without any picture.

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Shubh’s performance is scheduled in Mumbai from September 23-25 which is a part of the Cruise Control 4.0 event. He is also to perform in cities such as New Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

The youth wing of the BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), removed the promotional posters of the concert. BJYP said that there is no place for ‘Khalistan’ supporters in the country.

There are reports that Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya have unfollowed Shubh on Instagram.

Canada had earlier accused India of being involved in the killing of Khalistan suuporter Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canada expelled New Delhi’s intelligence chief in Ottawa as an act of retaliation against India. The diplomatic relations between the two countries have reached a new low. India rejected Trudeau’s allegations and in a marked reciprocal, expelled a senior Canadian diplomat giving him five days to leave the country.