Shiv Sena Workers Trash Venue After Kunal Kamra’s Stand-Up Dig At Eknath Shinde. What Was The Gag?

Comedian Kunal Kamra's latest stand-up performance, shared on YouTube and his Instagram account, has sparked outrage among supporters of Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

On Sunday, they vandalised the venue in Mumbai where the show was recorded, issuing a threat that they would not allow him to "walk freely."

Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel lodged an FIR against Kunal Kamra, while Khar police in west Mumbai detained Shiv Sena deputy leader Rahool Kanal, Vibhag Pramukh Shrikant Sarmalkar, and others for trashing Unicontinetal The Habitat in Khar West.

What did Kunal Kamra say in his act?

In his routine, Kunal Kamra poked fun at Maharashtra's political landscape and its elections, taking aim at the splintering of Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He suggested that "one bloke" kicked off the trend and used the Hindi word 'gaddar' (traitor) to describe this 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 remarked.

"Chalu ek jan ne kia tha... wo Mumbai me bohot badhiya ek district hai Thane waha se aate hain...", he continued, before launching into a song that seemed to be his own twist on a tune 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 hi chhed kar jaaye... mantralay se zyada Fadnavis ki godi me mil jaye... teer kaman mila hai isko baap mera yeh chahe...," Kunal Kamra sang, without directly naming anyone.