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Case Against Kunal Kamra After Jibe At Eknath Shinde Sparks Sena vs Sena

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Mumbai:

Comic Kunal Kamra’s joke on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde throughout a stand-up act has triggered a political slugfest, with the celebration staff ransacking the lodge’s workplace the place Mr Kamra carried out and threatening him of “dire penalties”.

The comic, throughout his efficiency on the ‘Unicontinental Mumbai’ lodge in Mumbai’s Khar, referred to Mr Shinde as a “traitor”. He had used a modified model of a Hindi tune from the film ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’. The act was an allusion to the 2022 rise up of Mr Shinde towards Uddhav Thackeray, the then Chief Minister and the chief of the undivided Shiv Sena.

Shortly after Mr Kamra posted a video of his stand-up act on his social media platforms, a gaggle of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) staff reached the lodge and ransacked its workplace. Visuals present a gaggle of celebration staff – wearing white garments and an orange scarf (generally often known as ‘fatka’) – throwing chairs within the lodge.

Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) chief Sanjay Nirupam threatened to “thrash” the comic at 11 am at present.

Naresh Mhaske, the celebration’s Lok Sabha MP from Thane, alleged that Mr Kamra has accepted cash from Mr Thackeray and is concentrating on the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister.

“Kamra is a contract comic. However he shouldn’t have stepped on the tail of a snake. As soon as the fangs are out, there can be dire penalties…We are going to ensure you can’t transfer freely all through the nation. We’re Shiv Sainiks of the late Balasaheb Thackeray. If we begin following you, you’ll have to depart the nation,” he mentioned.

Shiv Sena spokesperson Krishna Hegde condemned Mr Kamra’s feedback, stating that celebration staff had been angered by his remarks. “The comic will obtain ‘Shiv Sena remedy,’ as not one of the Shiv Sainiks have appreciated his statements,” he warned.

Criticising the comic, Shiv Sena chief Milind Deora wrote on X, “Mocking Eknath Shinde ji-a self-made chief who went from being an auto driver to main India’s second-largest state-reflects classist vanity. India is rejecting entitled dynasts and their sycophantic ecosystem that falsely claims to face for meritocracy and democracy.”

Mr Deora additionally instructed NDTV, “I respect real comedians. Balasaheb Thackeray was a well-known cartoonist. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackerary faction) is dealing with very severe authorized troubles proper now. That is basically them utilizing somebody moonlighting as a comic and to distance folks from their authorized troubles.”

He added, “This an instance of basic elitism…It’s a plan to focus on a self-made politician.”

Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel, who filed an FIR towards Mr Kamra on the MIDC police station, mentioned he would present the comic “his stage” and requested him to apologise. “I wish to inform him to apologise to Eknath Shinde inside two days in any other case Shiv Sainiks won’t let him transfer about freely in Mumbai. If he’s seen wherever in public, we’ll paint his face black. We are going to take up this situation within the meeting and request our state’s dwelling minister to order motion towards him as quickly as potential,” he mentioned.

A Shiv Sena functionary Rahul Kanal wrote a letter to the Mumbai Police to file an FIR towards Mr Kamra. The celebration chief additionally sought to file a grievance towards Aaditya Thackeray, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, and Sanjay Raut for his or her “alleged involvement in a pre-planned prison conspiracy and a scientific paid marketing campaign to malign the status, picture, and goodwill of Eknath Shinde”.

In keeping with the grievance, Mr Kamra’s statements “harm public sentiments”.

“Whereas constructive criticism of public figures is at all times welcomed, such shut, demeaning, and defamatory statements transcend affordable limits and represent cognisable prison offences,” the letter learn.

On Sunday night time, members of Yuva Sena (youth wing of Shiv Sena) staged a protest towards the comic and burnt his pictures exterior Wagle Property Police Station in Thane.

FIR towards Shiv Sena staff, Opposition reacts

A case has been filed towards 19 Shiv Sena (Ekanth Shinde faction) staff in Khar for vandalising the lodge the place Mr Kamra carried out.

Many opposition leaders have slammed the incident and got here in help on Mr Kamra.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) chief Aaditya Thackeray, in a put up on X, questioned the regulation and order state of affairs within the state.

“Mindhe’s (a time period utilized by the opposition for Mr Shinde – a Marathi phrase that means subservient, as a taunt) coward gang breaks the comedy present stage the place comic Kunal Kamra put out a tune on Eknath Mindhe which was 100% true. Solely an insecure coward would react to a tune by somebody. Btw regulation and order within the state? One other try to undermine the CM and House Minister by eknath mindhe,” he wrote.

Social gathering chief Priyanka Chaturvedi instructed the comic to “keep sturdy”.

“The person& the gang you uncovered will go after you& so will his bikau folks, however do perceive the residents of the state share this sentiment! And like Voltaire mentioned – I Will Defend to Dying Your Proper to talk your thoughts,” she mentioned.