Overview
- Kunal Kamra mocked Eknath Shinde as a 'traitor' during a comedy show, referencing the 2022 Shiv Sena split.
- Shiv Sena workers vandalized Hotel Unicontinental in Mumbai, where Kamra's show was filmed, and filed complaints against the comedian.
- Mumbai Police have detained several Shiv Sena leaders and workers involved in the vandalism and filed FIRs against both Kamra and the vandals.
- Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske issued threats against Kamra, accusing him of being paid by Uddhav Thackeray to target Shinde.
- UBT faction leaders, including Aaditya Thackeray, defended Kamra's remarks as freedom of expression and condemned the vandalism.