Actor Kangana Ranaut broke her silence on the Kunal Kamra controversy. She slammed Kamra for his Gaddar remarks over Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. She said that we should think about where society is heading when someone does this only for 2 minutes of fame. She also said that the demolition of her house and The Habitat studio vandalism cannot be linked together.
Speaking with journalists outside the Parliament on March 25, she said, “The way he joked about demolition of my house, somewhere down there I cannot link demolition of my house with vandalism of studio. Because that was done illegally and this is done legally.”
Slamming Kunal Kamra for his derogatory remarks against the Deputy CM she said, “We should think where society is heading when someone does this only for 2 minutes of fame...You might be anyone, but insulting and defaming someone...A person for whom his/her respect is everything, and you insult and disregard them...Who are these people, and what are their credentials? If they can write, they should do so in literature...Abusing people and our culture in the name of comedy...This has been done legally, but what had been done (demolishing of her bungalow) to me was illegally done.”
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given his first reaction since the row over Kunal Kamra's alleged joke against him, saying, "We understand satire, but there should be a limit. "Freedom of speech is there; we understand satire, but there should be a limit," said Dy CM Shinde on comedian Kunal Kamra's remarks, reported the news agency PTI.
Standup comedian Kunal Kamra raised a massive controversy on Sunday after he allegedly made 'gaddar' (traitor) remarks against Eknath Shinde. In his latest show, Kamra mocked Shinde by dubbing the song from the Bollywood movie Dil Toh Pagal Hai.An FIR was also registered at the Khar police station against some 19 Shiv Sena leaders and workers under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 132, 189(2), 189(3), 190, 191(2), 324(5), 324(6), 223, 351(2), 352, 333, 37(1), and 135, and Maharashtra Police Act sections 37(1) and 135.