Karni Sena threatens Apoorva Makhija, also dropped from the list of IIFA-2025 promoters

India's Got Latent show host and social media celebrity Apoorva Makhija has been omitted from IIFA 2025's promoters. In response to growing opposition to Apoorva Makhija in Rajasthan and protests from different groups such as Karni Sena, the Rajasthan Tourism Department omitted her from IIFA's list of promoters. She is no longer a part of IIFA's list of promoters officially.

Apart from that, there was a scheduled IIFA promotional shoot at City Palace in Udaipur, Amarai Ghat, and Pichola Lake on February 20. However, in light of the controversy that is unfolding, this shoot has been canceled.

Actually, Apoorva Makhija's name was also linked to IIFA 2025's promotional shoot in which she was asked to promote Jaipur's and Udaipur's tourist places. But after the protest regarding India's Got Latent's indecent comedy, protests also took place in Rajasthan against her. She has also complained to Kota and Udaipur Police.

IIFA organizers clarified the entire controversy and said that Apoorva Makhija was never the official promoter of IIFA. Also, her name has now been completely removed from the IIFA promotional list.