New Delhi:
Comic Kunal Kamra condemned the demolition of a studio in Mumbai the place supporters of Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Eknath Shinde barged in and protested in opposition to his jokes on Mr Shinde.Mr Kamra in a put up on X stated an leisure venue is simply a platform and has no energy or regulate over what he says or does, so attacking a venue is “mindless”.”An leisure venue is simply a platform. An area for every type of presentations. Habitat (or another venue) isn’t accountable for my comedy, nor does it have any energy or regulate over what I say or do. Neither does any political celebration. Attacking a venue for a comic’s phrases is as mindless as overturning a lorry wearing tomatoes, since you did not just like the butter hen you had been served,” Mr Kamra stated.Relating to what he referred to as “political leaders threatening to show” him a lesson, Mr Kamra stated the appropriate to freedom of speech and expression is “no longer handiest for use to fawn over the tough and wealthy even if lately’s media would have us consider differently”.
“Your incapability to take a funny story on the expense of an impressive public determine does no longer trade the character of my proper. So far as I do know, it isn’t a crime to poke a laugh at our leaders and the circus this is our political gadget,” the comic stated.He stated he’s prepared to cooperate with the police and courts for any lawful motion taken in opposition to him. On the other hand, he raised a query, “… Will the regulation be relatively and similarly deployed in opposition to those that have made up our minds that vandalism is the proper reaction to being angry by way of a funny story? And in opposition to the unelected individuals of the BMC, who’ve arrived lately at Habitat, with out prior understand, and tore where down with hammers?”Mr Kamra stated he might go for Elphinstone bridge or another construction that must be demolished as his subsequent display’s venue.The bridge he referred to noticed a stampede in September 2017, killing 23 other folks. Ahead of the tragedy took place, Mumbaikars were elevating fear over the situation of the bridge and requested the government to demolish the outdated bridge and make a brand new one. One put up on X (then Twitter) a yr sooner than the incident tagged the High Minister and the then Railway Minister and it grew to become virtually prophetic.Mr Kamra additionally criticised individuals who had been continuously calling his quantity.”To those that are busy leaking my quantity or calling me ceaselessly: I’m certain you might have realised by way of now that every one unknown calls cross to my voicemail, the place you’ll be subjected to the very track that you just hate,” he stated. “To the media faithfully reporting this circus: Keep in mind that press freedom in India ranks at 159. I can no longer apologise. What I stated is strictly what Mr Ajit Pawar (1st deputy CM) stated about Mr Eknath Shinde (second Deputy CM). I do not worry this mob and I can no longer be hiding underneath my mattress, looking ahead to this to die down,” the comic stated.My Remark – percent.twitter.com/QZ6NchIcsM— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) March 24, 2025The motion in opposition to the studio by way of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) got here an afternoon after Habitat Studio and Unicontinental resort the place it’s situated had been ransacked on Sunday night time by way of Shiv Sena employees.A short lived shed and different constructions comprising the studio, which used to be created within the basement of the resort, has been razed, a civic authentic stated.”It used to be got rid of as there is not any civic permission to create a studio within the basement. The BMC will take a look at the resort to peer if the whole thing is as consistent with the allowed plan,” the authentic stated.Previous on Monday, Habitat Studio introduced they had been shutting down after Shiv Sena employees vandalised their premises.In an Instagram put up, the studio stated they had been “stunned, frightened and intensely damaged by way of the hot acts of vandalism focused on us.”Habitat Studio is identical venue the place the arguable ‘India’s Were given Latent’ display used to be filmed. It additionally ended in an enormous controversy in February.
