Ahead of his Hyderabad concert on Saturday, singer Diljit Dosanjh received a legal notice from Telangana government instructing him to not sing songs promoting drugs, violence and alcohol. While the singer abided by the notice by tweaking words in his song,

Diljit Dosanjh has responded after the Telangana government banned him from performing songs related to alcohol.

Diljit Dosanjh talks about the hypocrisy of facing criticism for his alcohol-based song and declares he would stop singing songs about alcohol if it were completely banned in India.

For the unversed, the Telangana government issued a notice to the singer just hours before his Hyderabad concert on Nov 16, warning him not to sing songs that mention drugs and alcohol. He performed the concert by tweaking the lyrics of his songs.

While Diljit Dosanjh is clearly dissatisfied with the Telangana government's decision to censor his songs, he has expressed admiration for the Gujarati government. For those unfamiliar, Gujarat is a "dry" state,

Singer Diljit Dosanjh, during his Ahmedabad concert, boldly asked the authorities not to 'poke' him. His outburst came after the Telangana government sent him a notice about avoiding mention of alcohol in songs during his performance.

Diljit Dosanjh gave a bold challenge to state governments after Telangana sent him a notice not to sing songs promoting alcohol consumption: 'If alcohol consumption is banned in India, I would permanently stop singing songs referencing alcohol.