Kunal Kamra's Call Records, Bank Details Under Maharashtra Govt Scanner After Eknath Shinde Parody

Last Updated:March 24, 2025, 21:05 IST

Maharashtra's junior home minister announced scrutiny of comedian Kunal Kamra's records for calling deputy CM Eknath Shinde a "gaddar." A leader claimed Uddhav Sena financed Kamra's show.

Kunal Kamra is embroiled in a fresh controversy after cracking a joke at a standup comedy event that involved Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (IMAGE: X/Kunal Kamra/PTI)

Maharashtra’s junior home minister Yogesh Kadam announced in the state assembly on Monday that authorities will scrutinise comedian Kunal Kamra’s call records and bank statements. Kamra is facing action for allegedly referring to deputy CM Eknath Shinde as a “gaddar" (traitor) during a Mumbai show.

“Call recordings along with CDRs, as well as bank statements of comedian Kunal Kamra, will also be checked. We will find out who is behind this," Maharashtra MoS Home, Yogesh Kadam told the state assembly, news agency ANI said in a report.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam claimed that the rival Uddhav Sena financed Kunal Kamra’s show at the Mumbai studio and said it was a “low-level comment".

“People are searching for him, but we have come to know that he is not in Mumbai and has probably fled from here. We will not leave him until he apologises," Nirupam warned Kamra.

“In the name of stand-up comedy, he has made a very low-level comment on our supreme leader, Eknath Shinde. The place where this show was recorded and the booking money for it came from Matoshree, from Uddhav Thackeray, and that is why Eknath Shinde Sahab has been targeted," Nirupam claimed, according to a report by news agency ANI.

At his stand-up show, Kunal Kamra parodied a popular Hindi song from Dil To Pagal Hai and referred to Eknath Shinde as a “gaddar." He also joked about Maharashtra’s recent political turmoil, including the splits within Shiv Sena and NCP.

“Shiv Sena first came out of the BJP, then Shiv Sena came out of Shiv Sena. NCP came out of NCP, they gave nine buttons to one voter… everyone got confused," he added.

Shiv Sena workers on Sunday vandalised a hotel in Mumbai’s Khar area claiming they were protesting against Kamra’s remarks. The party cadres ransacked Hotel Unicontinental in the Khar area where the show was shot.

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