Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the Maharashtra government summoned comedian Kunal Kamra for insulting a "traitor", but took no action against actor Rahul Solapurkar over his `insult' of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Speaking to reporters a day after the Budget session of the state legislature ended, he also criticised the BJP over its outreach program for Muslim families 'Saugat-e-Modi'. "You summon Kunal Kamra twice for insulting a traitor, but do not summon Rahul Solapurkar even once," Thackeray said.
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Kamra, whose parody song targeting Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde led to an attack by Shiv Sena supporters on a studio in Mumbai's Khar on Sunday, has been summoned by police. Shiv Sena UBT has often the term 'traitor' for Shinde, who rebelled against Thackeray and split the party in 2022.
Solapurkar recently came under fire after stating in a podcast that Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th-century Maratha warrior king, escaped from Agra Fort by bribing Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's officals and not by concealing himself in a basket of sweets as per the popular account. Some right-wing groups took exception to the term 'bribe'.