Gulati wants an FIR lodged against Martin and the band for dishonouring the flag during their performance.
The Global Citizen Festival ran into many controversies right from the day it was announced. Initially, it was the reported high priced tickets that brought out the sense of humour in netizens. Next, the opposition in Maharashtra said that ruling BJP was using this concert for benefits in upcoming municipal polls.
If that was not enough, a PIL was filed by two activists in the Bombay High Court. The PIL asked the court to stay the event since entertainment tax was waived off from it. The court, however, ruled against the PIL, giving green signal to the event.
The event, aimed at spreading awareness about poverty, sanitation etc., was attended by around 80,000 people. Apart from Coldplay, the eight hour long event saw performances from Jay Z, The Vamps, Demi Lovato and from Bollywood personalities like Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan and Shraddha Kapoor. The event ended on a high note with Chris singing ‘Vande Mataram’ with iconic musician A.R. Rahman.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also supposed to attend the event but he couldn’t. He compensated for his absence by addressing the crowd with a video conference.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:people.com)
