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Maharashtra govt summons Kamra for insulting `traitor', remains silent on Solapurkar: Uddhav

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..... Maharashtra govt summons Kamra for insulting `traitor', remains silent on Solapurkar: Uddhav
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Dated:- 27-3-2025
PTI
Mumbai, Mar 27 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the Maharashtra government summoned comedian Kunal Kamra for insulting a "traitor", but took no action against actor Rahul Solapurkar over his `insult' of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Sp .....

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..... eaking to reporters a day after the Budget session of the state legislature ended, he also criticised the BJP over its outreach programme for Muslim families `Saugat-e-Modi'. "You summon Kunal Kamra twice for insulting a traitor, but do not summon Rahul Solapurkar even once," Thackeray said. Kamra, whose parody song targeting Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde led to an attack by Sh .....

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..... inde supporters on a studio here on Sunday, has been summoned by Mumbai Police. Shiv Sena (UBT) has often used the term `traitor' for Shinde, who rebelled against Thackeray and split the party in 2022. Solapurkar recently came under fire after stating in a podcast that Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th century Maratha warrior king, escaped from Agra Fort by bribing Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s officials and .....

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..... not by concealing himself in a basket of sweets as per the popular account. Some right-wing organizations took exception to the term `bribe'. Talking about the Saugat-e-Modi' initiative, Thackeray said, "When Shiv Sena received overwhelming support from Muslim voters, a hue and cry was made, saying that I had abandoned Hindutva. They even coined terms like 'Satta-Jihad'. But now, the same people .....

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..... have reversed their position." PTI ND KRK
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