Kunal Kamra Vs Shinde Sena: Rahat Indori's 'Sarkar Chor Hai' Poem Resurfaces Amid Comedian's 'Dil To Pagal Hai' Joke

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Kunal Kamra vs Shinde Sena: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra is again embroiled in a controversy over his 'offensive' joke about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The workers of Shiv Sena (Shinde), the faction of the party that Eknath heads, allegedly ransacked the auditorium at the 'Unicontinental Mumbai ' hotel in Mumbai's Khar demanding police action against Kunal Kamra, after he apparently called Shinde a 'Gaddar' (Traitor) in one of his recent performances in Mumbai.

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The remark has stirred a political storm, with Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Milind Deora describing Kamra's jokes reeking of 'classist arrogance.' Priyanka Chaturvedi , the leader of Shiv Sena (UBT)-the other faction of the party-taunted Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with a 'proud' alliance partner jibe.

Fadnavis, the chief minister, also holds the Home Minister portfolio in the Mahayuti government of Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena (Shinde)-NCP.

Rahat Indori's 'Sarkar Chor Hai'

Amid the raging controversy, some users on social media shared an old clip of a poetry recital by the famous Urdu poet late Rahat Indori. The 2007 performance is from one of the Mushaira that Indori participated in Housten, United States.

At the Mushaira – a video of which is available on YouTube – Urdu poet Rahat Indori recollects an incident from the Emergency (1975-1977).

Indori says that in one of the Mushaira at Ref Fort he had had declared:“Sarkar chor hai (The government is a thief).” The next morning, Indori says, he was summoned by local police station where the officer asked him:“Did you say last night the government is a thief?”“Yes,” replied Indori,“but I didn't say which government - whether of India or Pakistan or the US.” The police officer responded:“You think, we are fools, do you think we don't know which government is thief.”

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