Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua on Saturday apologised after a controversy erupted over allegations of her insulting Chhatrapa...
Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua on Saturday apologised after a controversy erupted over allegations of her insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
In a one-year-old video, which has been widely shared on social media, Joshua jokes about the Maharashtra government’s Shivaji statue project in the Arabian Sea. She refers to what was said about the statue on the knowledge-sharing website Quora. “This Shivaji statue is an amazing masterstroke by Prime Minister Modi Ji,” Joshua says. “It will have solar cells which will power all of Maharashtra...It will also have GPS tracker...”
The video was part of a sketch Joshua had performed in April 2019 at a comedy and music cafe in Khar (West), according to The Indian Express. Angry social media users also began sharing details of employees of the cafe. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists allegedly barged into the cafe early on Saturday and damaged the stage and furniture in one of its performance rooms.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has instructed the police to take legal action against the comedian. “I have instructed CP [Commissioner of Police] Mumbai and IG [Inspector General] Cyber to take legal action expeditiously,” he tweeted. “I urge everyone to maintain calm and law will take its course.”
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik wrote to Deshmukh, seeking action against...
