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US comedian Jay Leno sued over Golden Temple joke
Thursday January 26, 2012 10:27:26 AM,
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India objects to US TV host's joke on Golden
Temple
India has objected to US television host Jay Leno passing off a
visual of the Golden Temple in Amritsar as Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney's vacation home, terming it "quite
unfortunate".
Visiting Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said »
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Washington: An Indian
American has filed a lawsuit in California suing US comedian Jay
Leno for what he calls "racist" comments on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Leno "hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to the
plaintiff", says Randeep Dhillon in his lawsuit filed in the Los
Angeles Superior Court Tuesday, seeking unspecified damages,
according to TMZ.com.
A recent Leno skit showed the shrine as the summer home of
Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who has faced questions over his
wealth and Sikhs are angry that the temple was shown as a place
for the rich.
Leno's joke "clearly exposes plaintiff, other Sikhs and their
religion to hatred, contempt, ridicule and obloquy because it
falsely portrays the holiest place in the Sikh religion as a
vacation resort owned by a non-Sikh", Dhillon said in his
petition.
Indian Deputy Chief of Mission here Arun Kumar Singh met US
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert
Blake Tuesday and conveyed India's objection to Leno passing off a
visual of the Golden Temple as Republican presidential candidate
Mitt Romney's vacation home.
The Indian Mission has also written a "strong letter" to NBC,
which broadcast Leno's "The Tonight Show" featuring the joke
Thursday.
Meanwhile, US based Sikh group, Sikhs for Justice lodged a
complaint with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against
Leno's objectionable depiction of Golden Temple.
The SFJ complaint states that "Jay Leno's depiction of Golden
Temple as the home of the rich is racist, derogatory, defamatory,
contrary to the reality, inimical to the principles of Sikhism,
and thus hurtful to the sentiments of the Sikh community".
The complaint demands imposition of sanctions against Jay Leno for
spreading racism and against NBC for airing contents ridiculing a
place of worship.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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