'Jazzy B hardcore Khalistani': Row erupts after Canada Conservatives give shout out to Punjabi singers in BC legislature
After Conservative Party MLA Steve Kooner praised Punjabi music artists including Jazzy B in the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday, a row erupted in Canada as Independent MLA Dallas Brodie called the welcome 'an insult to our legislature.
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Kooner said, "I come from a singing family myself, and Jazzy B did sing part of my dad's song about thirty years ago. I really appreciated that. And, so I wanna just welcome Jazzy B and also Sabi Gunnar, Inderpal Moga, Chani Nattan, who I know from the community, Marco, Mander.'
"And I think that's about it. Thank you," he concluded.
Reacting to the welcome video by BC Conservatives and NDP shared by Nat Telegraph journalist Wyatt Claypool, Vancouver-Quilchena representative Brodie wrote, "Today several prominent pro-Kalistani figures were welcomed in the BC Legislature by MLAs of both the BC Conservatives and NDP.
Some of those individuals have openly celebrated violent extremists and murderers in their music videos. This is an insult to our Legislature.
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Claypool had shared the video with the caption, 'Here is one MLA doing a shout-out of all the pro-terror rappers.'
In a separate post, Claypool wrote, 'What's with all the MLAs in the BC legislature introducing all the Khalistani rappers today? Jazzy B is a hardcore Khalistani activist who has several times called for Khalistan,' he added.
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In the same thread, Claypool shared screenshots of music videos by Jazzy B and 'some of the other introduced rappers Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga, who also glorify Bhindranwale.'
Claypool also accused the Conservatives for taking them out on lunch after the shout-out. "It was multiple MLAs who introduced or shouted out these rappers, and then some took them for lunch ... ," he wrote.
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