Comic Kunal Kamra’s stand-up act angers Eknath Shinde supporters: What was the joke?

Whereas Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel filed an FIR in opposition to Kunal Kamra, Khar police in western Mumbai detained Shiv Sena deputy chief Rahool Kanal and Vibhag Pramukh Shrikant Sarmalkar together with others for vandalising the Unicontinetal The Habitat in Khar West.

What was Kunal Kamra’s joke?

Kunal Kamra took a swipe at politics in Maharashtra and the election there, referring to the breakaway factions of Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP), including that “one man” began the pattern and utilizing the time period ‘gaddar’ (traitor) in describing the individual.

“Jo inhone Maharashtra ke election me kia hai… bolna padega… pehle Shiv Sena BJP se bahar aa gayi fir Shiv Sena Shiv Sena se bahar aa gayi… NCP NCP se bahar aa gayi… ek voter ko 9 button dediye… sab confuse ho gaye…” [“What he did in Maharashtra’s election… I have to say… First, Shiv Sena broke away from BJP, then Shiv Sena broke away from Shiv Sena itself… NCP broke away from NCP… they gave nine buttons to a voter… and everyone got confused…],” Kunal Kamra stated.

“Chalu ek jan ne kia tha… wo Mumbai me bohot badhiya ek district hai Thane waha se aate hain…”, Kunal Kamra added earlier than beginning to sing a track which gave the impression to be his spin on a quantity from the film ‘Dil To Pagal Hai.

“Thane ki rickshaw, chehre pe daadi, aankho me chashma haaye… Thane ki rickshaw, chehre pe daadi, aankho me chashma haaye…ek jhalak dikhlaye kabhi Guwahati me chup jaaye…meri nazar se tum dekho gaddar nazar wo aaye… mantri nahi wo dalbadlu hai aur kaha kya jaaye… jiss thali me khaye usme hello chhed kar jaaye… mantralay se zyada Fadnavis ki godi me mil jaye… teer kaman mila hai isko baap mera yeh chahe…,” Kunal Kamra sang, with out taking names.

Regardless that the comic didn’t drop any identify, the reference of the above-mentioned traces to Shiv Sena supremo Eknath Shinde is kind of clear because the politician represents the Thane meeting constituency of Maharashtra.

“Ye politics hai inki, parivarvad khatam karna tha, kisi ka baap chura lia [This is their politics, they wanted to end family politics, and someone’s father was snatched away],” Kunal Kamra stated, seemingly hinting on the Sena vs Sena row through which Eknath Shinde’s faction of the celebration obtained the .

Eknath Shinde’s insurrection

In June 2022, Eknath Shinde led a insurrection in opposition to the then Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s management, together with a number of MLAs, by shifting to Assam’s Guwahati, distancing himself from the celebration.

Eknath Shinde’s group argued that the Shiv Sena, below Thackeray, had shifted from its core Hindutva ideology by allying with ideologically completely different events just like the NCP and Congress. Again then, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress was in energy in Maharashtra.

After a sequence of defections, authorized battles, and negotiations, Eknath Shinde’s faction gained recognition because the legit Shiv Sena, breaking the celebration into two factions, and have become the chief minister of Maharashtra with assist from the BJP. The now chief minister, BJP’sDevendra Fadnavis, was sworn in as Eknath Shinde’s deputy.

The Shiv Sena image row arose after the cut up within the celebration, as each the Shinde faction and Thackeray’s faction claimed the Shiv Sena identify and its iconic bow and arrow image.

Shiv Sena was based by Bal Thackeray, father of Uddhav Thackeray.

The Election Fee of India (ECI) was tasked with resolving the dispute and in October 2022, the ballot physique granted Shinde’s Sena faction the unique bow and arrow image and identify of the celebration.

This left Uddhav Thackeray’s faction with no alternative however to undertake a brand new identify and image.