Indeep Bakshi’s Bus Tour For His Promotion Of New Single ‘Badshah Te Queen’ Has Been Stopped By Delhi Police
Indeep Bakshi, the new pop sensation released his new single ‘Badshah Te Queen’ and for the promotion of the song, the star thought of a new strategy. He was on a promotional tour to cities like Delhi, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jaipur and Gwalior in a bus that started on 13th July 2017. The bus has Indeep’s song poster printed all over.
But it seems Delhi traffic police didn’t like his way of promoting the song. The tour was stopped by traffic police. Indeep was supposed to start the tour from West Delhi to Noida via Connaught Place and stop at Hauz Khas Village. But unfortunately, it was seized. Regarding the incident, Indeep said, “I saw DJ Khaled use a similar bus in one of his recent performances. I thought that since we try to do everything in an international manner, why not do tours and promotions in a similar way? Also, I felt that it was the best way to reach out to my fans in NCR. Bas yahi idea tha bus ka.”
“Some three-four traffic cops and a PCR van intercepted us near Shadipur and asked us why we were taking the branded bus without permission. They asked us for papers, and we duly obliged. Then they told us that we cannot take the bus on the road with its windows covered since that is against the rules. We tried to negotiate, saying it was just like any other vanity van or promotional bus that all singers use, even foreign artists, but they said their rule applies to all,’’ Indeep added.
Indeep’s team tried to convince the cops for almost half-an-hour but they didn’t release his tour bus. Finally, they had to leave without the bus. Elaborating about the incident, the singer said, “We had to reach Noida kyunki fans se promise kiya tha. Bus nahin toh rickshaw se bhi chala jaata, jaana toh tha. So, I left. Some members of my team stayed back to complete the formalities with the police. They let us go with a warning but did not allow us to take the bus. It had to be taken back to Moti Nagar.”
Indeep said that the traffic police further asked him to file an application for permission, to both Delhi Police and the Delhi Traffic Police, if he wanted to use the bus in the future. He was quite perplexed at the behaviour of the traffic police as this was not something new. Earlier also many singers have used the same promotional strategy. He said, “The cops said it’s a precaution they take because several sexual assaults have taken place inside moving vehicles in Delhi. It is strange, because all the foreign artists, like Justin Bieber and all, come here and travel in buses with covered windows and nobody stops them. Par ab rule hai toh hai, will be more careful in the future.”
