Kolkata: Raising her voice of protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital earlier this m...
Kolkata: Raising her voice of protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital earlier this month, acclaimed singer Shreya Ghoshal, on Saturday announced the decision to postpone her proposed live concert in Kolkata in September.
She issued a statement on her official Facebook
account, where she said that the concert scheduled in the city on September 14
had been rescheduled to sometime in October.
In her post she has clearly said the decision has
been taken by her as well as the organisers of the concert with “aching heart
and deep sorrow” in solidarity with the protesters raising their voices against
the RG Kar incident.
“I am deeply affected by the gruesome and heinous
incident that recently took place in Kolkata. Being a woman myself, the very
thought of the sheer brutality that she must have gone through is unthinkable
and sends shivers down my spine,” Ghoshal said in her statement.
According to her, although the concert was highly anticipated by all, she needed to take a stand
and join the protestors on the issue in solidarity.
“I sincerely pray for the respect and safety of
women in this world, not just our country. I am hopeful my friends and fans
will accept and understand our decision to push this concert,” her statement
read.
The development adds a new dimension to the
nationwide protest on the rape and murder tragedy.
Already, several community Durga Puja
organizers in West Bengal have announced their decisions to reject the state
government’s annual donation for the Durga Puja festival.
A theatre group, based out of Malda district of
West Bengal, too has returned the state government’s donation cheque for
organizing a theatre fair in the district.
Junior doctors in different state-run hospitals in
the state have continued with their protests and ceasework against the ghastly
tragedy.
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