Watch: Kunal Kamra Mocks Sudha Murty's 'Simplicity' And NRN's 70-Hour Workweek Push In His Controversial Show

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Kunal Kamra Row: Among the subjects that stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra touched on in his now-controversial Mumbai show, Naya Bharat, is a humorous take on author and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty and her simplicity.

Kunal Kamra also jibes billionaire businessman, Infosys co-founder and Sudha Murty's husband, Narayana Murthy, for his 70-hour workweek suggestion in the show.

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'Jo ameer hojate hai aur so middle class hone ki acting karte hai, unme see ek mahan aurat hai, uska naam hai Sudha Murty. Simplicity ki moorat hai who. Uska wohi claim hai ki mein simple hun. Aur usne apni simplicty pe pachaas kitaab likhi hai....har kitaab ka point yeahi hai ki woh simple hai. (Among the rich people who pretend to be middle class is a great lady, Sudha Murty . She is an embodiment of simplicity. That's her claim. She has written 50 books on her simplicity...each book's theme is that I am simple)," Kamra says in the show available on YouTube.

The 'Naya Bharat' show by Kunal Kamra has stirred a political row for its apparent 'gaddar' (traitor) jibe at Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

The workers of Shiv Sena (Shinde), the faction of the party that deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde heads, allegedly ransacked the Habitat studio at the 'Unicontinental Mumbai' hotel in Mumbai's Khar, demanding police action against Kunal Kamra .

Kamra, without naming Shinde in the 45-minute show, makes an indirect reference to Shinde's 2022 rebellion against the then Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray 's leadership, along with several MLAs, by moving to Assam's Guwahati, distancing himself from the party - the united Shiv Sena.

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Sudha Murthy , 74, is an educator, author, philanthropist and founder-chairperson of the non-profit Infosys Foundation . In 2024, Murty was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, for her contribution to social work and education. Her books have been published in Kannada, Marathi and English.

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