Comedian Kunal Kamra has stirred up a major controversy in India after referring to Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde as a ‘gaddar’ during a recent show in Mumbai. This incident led to Shiv Sena workers vandalizing the venue where Kamra performed, prompting the filing of an FIR against the comedian. Following the uproar, Shiv Sena leaders have called for Kamra to issue an apology within 48 hours, while opposition figures have come to Kamra’s defense, denouncing the attack as an act of cowardice. The incident has reignited debates around freedom of speech and the role of political satire in India’s public discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comedian Kunal Kamra has stirred up a major controversy in India after referring to Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde as a ‘gaddar’ during a recent show in Mumbai. This incident led to Shiv Sena workers vandalizing the venue where Kamra performed, prompting the filing of an FIR against the comedian. Following the uproar, Shiv Sena […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":81412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119403048imgsize-1138591.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}