Slapstick comedian Vir Das introduced that his present in Bengaluru which is scheduled immediately (Thursday) is postponed resulting from ‘unavoidable circumstances.’ On Monday, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demanded police to cancel the present and claimed that his present ‘hurts non secular sentiments of Hindus’
Vir Das took to Instagram and wrote, “Hey of us. Because of unavoidable circumstances, we’re pushing the Bengaluru present. New particulars and dates quickly. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
The stand-up present is meant to occur at Chowdiah Memorial Corridor in Bengaluru’s Malleshwaram.
In a police criticism filed on the metropolis’s Vyalikaval Police Station on Monday, the right-wing fringe group talked about, “It’s not proper to permit such a controversial individual to carry such a program in a communally delicate space like Bangalore. When Karnataka is already going through many law-and-order issues resulting from communal incidents, such occasions might vitiate law-and-order and shouldn’t be allowed. We demand this program be canceled instantly.”
The group additionally referred to Vir Das’ controversial ‘two Indias’ jest at a present in the US in November final yr. “Earlier he made derogatory statements towards girls, our prime minister and India at John F Kennedy Middle in Washington D.C…. denigrated the nation,” mentioned the criticism.
This isn’t the primary time a comedy present is being cancelled in Bengaluru resulting from strain from the perimeter teams. Earlier comic Munawar Faruqui’s present was additionally cancelled twice after it didn’t get permission from the police officers.