Comedian Kunal Kamra Seeks A Week's Time To Appear Before Mumbai Police Over Eknath Shinde Joke Row
Kunal Kamra was summoned by the Mumbai Police over his remarks on Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, sparking a controversy. Following backlash, Shiv Sena members vandalised the venue where he performed
Standup comedian Kunal Kamra has sought a week’s time from the Mumbai Police after he was summoned following the row over his controversial comments about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Kamra was asked to appear before the Khar police for questioning at 11 am on Tuesday, in connection with the controversy. The summons to him was sent via WhatsApp, since he is not in Maharashtra at present.
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On Monday (March 24), a team of the Khar police visited the comedian’s residence, where his parents live.
The summons was issued a day after Kamra, surrounded by a massive controversy, said he would not apologise for his controversial comments on Shinde and slammed the vandalism of the venue where his comedy show was recorded.
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The 36-year-old comedian has kicked up a major political storm in Maharashtra for taking a jibe at Shinde’s political career in his show by modifying the lyrics of a popular Hindi movie song.
During his performance at the Habitat Comedy Club at the Unicontinental hotel in Khar area, Kamra had referred to Shinde as a “traitor" and went on to sing a parody on him.
Kamra used a modified version of a Hindi song from the movie ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai‘ to describe the 2022 rebellion of Shinde against his then-boss Uddhav Thackeray.
As multiple videos of Kamra’s humour went viral, workers of the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) ransacked the show’s venue.
Later, they also got a First Information Report (FIR) registered against Kamra.
As the controversy snowballed, the Mumbai Police on Monday arrested Shiv Sena functionary Rahul Kanal and 11 others for vandalising the Mumbai hotel venue.
Hours later, a magistrate’s court granted bail to all of them.
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