UIA blamed for Sunny Deol no show

The controversy over the no show of Bollywood actor Sunny Deol at United Indian Associations’ India Australia Friendship fair on August 14 in Sydney, seems to have taken a fresh turn with one of the organisers, in a letter to Indian Link, questioning the veracity of the reasons UIA president Amarinder Bajwa cited for the actor’s failure to participate in the event.

Indian Link received a letter from Ajay Kumar and Vishal Goswami, who were the agents involved in Mr. Deol’s arrangements with UIA. In response to UIA president Amarinder Bajwa’s comments on the issue which were published in the August edition of Indian Link, Mr. Kumar, in his letter, says, “I as one of the persons involved in the attempt to bring Mr. Deol to Australia for India Australia fair strongly deny his (Mr. Bajwa’s) comments as they are completely false and misguiding the media and general public.”

Mr. Kumar also forwarded an email from one Vishal Goswami, who was involved in organising the trip from Mumbai. The correspondence gives an impression that one of the main reasons why the deal between Mr. Deol’s representatives and