Kunal Kamra Controversy: Comedian slapped with FIR over ‘traitor’ jibe at Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde | – The Times of India

Comedian Kunal Kamra has landed himself in new controversy after he allegedly referred to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as a “traitor.”
The Mumbai police on Monday registered an FIR towards the stand-up comic for allegedly making defamatory remarks towards Shinde throughout a present, an official mentioned in a report on PTI.
This comes after Rahul Kanal, a frontrunner from Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction, filed a proper grievance towards Kamra at Khar Police Station. The grievance alleges that derogatory remarks have been made towards Shinde, which the occasion members deemed ‘offensive’.
Primarily based on the grievance, a First Data Report (FIR) was registered within the early hours of Monday towards Kamra beneath varied Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) actions, together with 353(1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 356(2) (defamation), an official from MIDC police station mentioned.
Throughout his efficiency at the Habitat Comedy Membership in Mumbai, Kamra touched on the subject of the political division in Maharashtra. “Shiv Sena first got here out of the BJP, then Shiv Sena got here out of Shiv Sena. NCP got here out of NCP, they gave 9 buttons to at least one voter… everybody acquired confused,” Kamra mentioned within the video. He additionally sang a parody impressed by the Bollywood movie Dil To Pagal Hai, singing: “Meri nazar se tum dekho to gaddar nazar wo aaye. Haaye (In case you see from my perspective, he seems like a traitor).”
Many have since taken offence and claimed that he labelled the politician as “gaddar” (traitor) despite the fact that he didn’t notably identify Shinde.
Shiv Sena employees reportedly visited the venue the place the comedy present was filmed and vandalised the property.
Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray, nonetheless, slammed the vandalism at the present venue, calling it a “cowardly” act.
In a publish on X, Thackeray mentioned, “Mindhe’s coward gang breaks the comedy present stage the place comic @kunalkamra88 put out a tune on eknath mindhe, which was 100 per cent true. Solely an insecure coward would react to a tune by somebody.”