Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala has accused the BJP of being a ‘Censorship Sarkar’ few days after stand-up comic Shyam Rangeela was asked not to poke fun at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi when he did a skit for ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’.
He further wrote, “BJP will decide What u see, eat, wear; Who u see, love or marry! Rein in thoughts too? (sic)” and linked an article about the incident.
Rangeela, who has become popular for his mimicry of political leaders on the social media, was invited to perform on the show ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’.
He said though his stand-up was appreciated he was asked to prepare fresh material in a short time as the channel did not want to offend anyone.
Before they called me to perform on the show, they knew I specialised in mimicking politicians like Modiji and Rahul Gandhi. Intially, they said not to mimic Modi but were okay with poking fun at RahulRangeela to PTI
He claimed after a month of shooting, he was asked to shoot with new gags as the channel would not air the Modi- Rahul jokes on air.
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