Comedian Samay Raina has once again angered politicians with his polarising dark comedy. He earned the latest round of acrimony from his banter with a fellow comic on his much-talked-about India’s Got Latent Show, where the duo dished out jokes on their respective Kashmiri and Bihari identities.
Multiple police complaints had been filed against Raina and others who appeared on that episode of the show. The Supreme Court had also weighed in, reprimanding the comedian over the crass jokes made on India’s Got Latent. He was also questioned by the Maharashtra police’s cyber cell.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court cancelled all cases registered against him.
“It is very unfortunate that the man who himself is a victim of ethnic cleansing and genocide trivialises the ethnic cleansing of his community. It is also very unfortunate that he makes a mockery of the hard-working people of this country, just for a few eyeballs and a few moments of fame.
He has no business mocking people who have been living in exile,” said Amit Raina, a Kashmiri Pandit activist.
