Comedian Kunal Kamra<\/a> has told Mumbai Police he does not regret his comment about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde<\/a>, sources told NDTV Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police sources also said Mr Kamra – who spoke to the cops from Tamil Nadu – denied rumours he had been paid by the opposition to target Mr Shinde. He reportedly gave the police permission to check his finances – to confirm no payment was received – if needed.<\/p>\n

Mr Kamra also said he would only apologise – an apology has been demanded by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who this morning told the Assembly the freedom of expression argument could not extend to “disrespecting the Deputy Chief Minister” – if told to by the courts.<\/p>\n

News of the contact with Mr Kamra came shortly after the Mumbai studio that hosted Mr Kamra’s show was demolished by the city’s civic body, citing an unspecified violation.<\/p>\n

The owners of the studio – Habitat Studio, which also hosted the episode of the ‘India’s Got Latent’ show featuring influencer Ranveer Allahabadia – earlier distanced themselves from Mr Kamra’s comment, arguing they could not be held accountable for comments by performers.<\/p>\n

The controversy – far from the first with Mr Kamra in the spotlight – broke after his parody of ‘Bholi Si Surat’, a popular Bollywood song. In the parody he used the term ‘gaddar’, or ‘traitor’, to refer to Mr Shinde, a former (undivided) Shiv Sena leader whose rebellion against party boss Uddhav Thackeray in 2022 caused a split and brought down the latter’s government.<\/p>\n

Mr Shinde’s Sena faction then joined hands with the BJP to form the government.<\/p>\n

Outrage by the BJP-led state government has seen multiple police cases filed against Mr Kamra, including one based on a complaint by Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik.<\/p>\n

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