Popular music platform ‘Gaana’ removes song ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ after protest by devout Hindus

The outcome of the online campaign undertaken by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, as well as devout Hindus!

The provocative song ‘Gustakh-e-Nabi Ki Ek Saaz’ & ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ was available on the Times Group’s popular ‘Gaana’ platform’s website and app. This song is sung by a Pakistani vocalist. In India, fanatics murder Hindus and use this phrase to spread terror. The same phrase was used to justify the murder of a Hindu called Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur. Due to this slogan, Hindus around the country are threatened to get beheaded.

When this was discovered that “Gana” had these provocative songs, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti initiated an online campaign to demand its removal. A petition was sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs. As of now, over 500 people have sent the petition to the government through email. The hashtag #Boycott_GaanaApp trended at fifth place on Twitter on July 11th. Devout Hindus took part in this trend and criticized the song’s availability on ‘Gaana’ and other music platforms and demanded that it be removed.

#Boycott_GaanaApp
Indian Constitution provides avenues to address hurt religious sentiments. Still, religious fanatics resort to violent 'Sar tan se juda' chants

Sign this petition & urge @HMOIndia to clamp down on this threat: https://t.co/Jn9BOREm9P pic.twitter.com/eIrXxbfVf3

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) July 11, 2022

As a result of this protest, the two platforms ‘Gana’ and ‘Hungama’ have removed the song from their respective websites. However, it is still available on Spotify, YouTube Music, Wink, and Apple Music.

Hindu Janajagruti Samiti had made an appeal to devout Hindus to partake in this ‘online’ campaign in order to draw the government’s attention to these demands.

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Sign Petition : Clamp down ‘sar tan se juda’ slogans and songs glorifying beheadings by religious fanatics

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Some tweets from the trend…

'Gutakh e Nabi ki Ek Hi Saza' & 'Gustakh-E-Muhammad Teri' by Pak preachers are on @YouTubeIndia, @Gaana, @WynkMusic, etc are death threats

Such content must be removed. Those who are found using the slogan/lyrics must be jailed for anti-national activities #Boycott_GaanaApp pic.twitter.com/pznRuccbne

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) July 11, 2022

While entire nation is shaken by the barbaric killing of Kanhaiyalal in #Udaipur & murder of Umesh Kolhe in #Amravati after the 'Sar Tan se Juda' calls given by religious fanatics linked to #NupurSharma …

It is shocking that same calls have appeared on Apps#Boycott_GaanaApp pic.twitter.com/M9hre1vX7v

— Sanatan Prabhat (Kannada) (@Sanatan_Prabhat) July 11, 2022

Dear @prashan_agarwal if @gaana keeps endorsing behe@dings of Kaafirs, who will hear your songs?

Don't you know that that music is haram in |$lam?#Boycott_GaanaApp pic.twitter.com/2JpdPN7fcY

— Rita 🇮🇳 (@RitaG74) July 11, 2022

📢Hate bundled with so-called faith has become par for the course today. “The masks are off, and what we are seeing should deeply worry us.”‼️
✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻#Boycott_GaanaApp #GaanaApp_Supports_Beheading pic.twitter.com/G71gjW3Lc5

— Roopashree (@Roopash91341391) July 11, 2022