After Colors apology,Bigg Boss back on air

Cable operators affiliated with the Shiv Sena,who had blacked out Colors channel for airing Bigg Boss reality show for featuring Pakistani artistes,withdrew their protest on Friday after an apology from the channel.

Cable operators affiliated with the Shiv Sena,who had blacked out Colors channel for airing Bigg Boss reality show for featuring Pakistani artistes,withdrew their protest on Friday after an apology from the channel.

The Sena leaders had asked affiliate Cable Operators and Distributors Association (CODA) not to telecast the channel.

Sena leaders claimed the channel had sent a letter of apology to Sena chief Bal Thackeray following which it was decided to withdraw the blackout in Mumbai and Thane.

The Sena had launched an agitation against the channel for featuring Pakistani artistes and blocked the channel for two days in Mumbai and Thane.

Close to 2,500 cable operators had complied with the Sena request not to air the channel,arguing Pakistan had similarly blocked Indian channels.

The channel has sent a letter to Balasaheb rendering an apology. They have apologized for hurting public sentiment. We will,however,continue our protest against the presence of Pakistani artistes on the show, said Anil Parab,Sena leader and former president of the CODA.

The Shiv Sena had opposed the fourth season of the show as it featured Pakistani artistes Begum Nawazish Ali and Veena Malik. The party,apart from protesting outside the Bigg Boss house in Lonavala,had also enforced a bandh in the hill station.

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