: Congress’ Digvijaya Singh invites comedians Munawar Faruqui, Kunal Kamra to perform in Bhopal #IndiaNEWS Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday invited comedians Munawar Faruqui and Kunal Kamra

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Congress’ Digvijaya Singh invites comedians Munawar Faruqui, Kunal Kamra to perform in Bhopal #IndiaNEWS
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday invited comedians Munawar Faruqui and Kunal Kamra to perform at a programme he would organise in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal after their shows were cancelled in Bengaluru.On December 1, Kamra, a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi government, had said that his shows in Bengaluru over the next 20 days have been cancelled because of threats to the venue.This came three days after Faruqui’s event in Bengaluru was also called off on November 28 after the police warned the organisers against hosting a “controversial figure�. It had led to Faruqui sharing a note indicating that he might have to quit being a comedian.Over the past few months, Faruqui’s shows have been cancelled in Raipur, Surat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Goa, and Mumbai as Hindutva groups have constantly targeted him since he was arrested in January in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. The comedian was arrested in Indore on the basis of complaints about a purported joke that he had not even made. The complainant had alleged that the comedian was going to make objectionable statements about Hindu gods during the show. On Monday, Singh suggested that he himself would be the only subject of the comedy show and said that this should not offend Hindutva groups.“Come don’t be afraid,�...Read more

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