MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday sought stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s apology for “insulting” Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, even as police arrested 12 workers of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena for ransacking the venue in Mumbai where Kamra made ‘traitor’ jibe. Mumbai Police registered an FIR against Kamra for making defamatory remarks against Shinde, officials said. The police also registered a case against 40 Shiv Sena workers for vandalising the Habitat studio in Khar area, where Kamra’s show with the “gaddar” (traitor) jibe at Shinde was filmed, and a hotel where the studio is located. Several Shiv Sena workers on Sunday night gathered outside Hotel Unicontinental, where the Habitat is located.

 

They allegedly ransacked the studio and the hotel premises, the police said. Shiv Sena legislator Murji Patel said, the party workers will not allow Kamra to move on the streets if he doesn’t apologise to Shinde in two days. The row sparked by Kamra’s jibe rocked both the Houses of the State Legislature on Monday leading to brief adjournments. The Legislative Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes with Shiv Sena members demanding strict action against the stand-up comedian for his “traitor” jibe at Shinde.

 

As members of the treasury benches rose on their feet shouting slogans, Speaker Rahul Narwekar adjourned the proceedings for five minutes. In the Legislative Council, legislators from the treasury and Opposition benches were engaged in a heated exchange, following which the proceedings were adjourned for ten minutes, followed by 15 minutes, and then for half an hour. Sena MP Naresh Mhaske warned Kamra that he would no longer be allowed to roam freely in Maharashtra and would be chased by the party workers throughout the country.