Overview

• BJP leader and lawyer Tarunjyoti Tewari lodged the complaint at Lalbazar’s Cyber Police Station, alleging the performance mocked Sanatan Dharma and hurt religious sentiments.
• Tewari asked police to invoke penal provisions and the Information Technology Act, arguing the remarks were made with deliberate intent.
• The viral song, performed in Kolkata on August 31 by Bhattacharya’s band Hooliganism, satirizes current politics and social issues, referencing SIR and communal tensions while naming several leaders including Narendra Modi, Dilip Ghosh, Kunal Ghosh and Shatarup Ghosh.
• Those named from the TMC and CPI(M) responded lightheartedly, with Kunal Ghosh and Shatarup Ghosh both saying they enjoyed the song.
• Reports differ on Bhattacharya’s response, with one outlet quoting him joking about jail and another saying he declined to comment, while no FIR has been confirmed.