NEW DELHI: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Friday accused the BJP executive on the Centre of being a "censorship sarkar," after a comedy show allegedly requested a participant to not poke fun at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice chairman Rahul Gandhi.
"Abki Baar,'Censorship' Sarkar! BJP will decide What u see, eat, wear; Who u see, love or marry! Rein in thoughts too?," tweeted Surjewala, with a hyperlink to an article about stand-up comic Shyam Rangeela's allegedly censored act on a TV show.
Surjewala's comment was once a play at the PM's 'Abki baar, Modi sarkar' slogan from the 2014 general elections.
According to news company PTI, Rangeela, who gained repute for his mimicry of political leaders on social media, was once requested to organize contemporary subject material in a short time as the channel did not want to offend somebody.
"Before they called me to perform on the show, they knew I specialised in mimicking politicians like Modi ji and Rahul Gandhi. Intially, they said not to mimic Modi but were okay with poking fun at Rahul," PTI quoted him as saying.
But after a month of capturing, Rangeela claims he was once requested to shoot with new jokes as the ones on Modi and Rahul would not be aired.
"Later, they said I can't mimic either of them. They asked me to prepare a new skit in five days - without mimicking Modi-Rahul. I told them I would not be able to put up a fresh stand-up in such a short time. But I did prepare something and did the shoot. It was not impressive enough as it led to my elimination from the show," he mentioned.
(With inputs from PTI)
"Abki Baar,'Censorship' Sarkar! BJP will decide What u see, eat, wear; Who u see, love or marry! Rein in thoughts too?," tweeted Surjewala, with a hyperlink to an article about stand-up comic Shyam Rangeela's allegedly censored act on a TV show.
Surjewala's comment was once a play at the PM's 'Abki baar, Modi sarkar' slogan from the 2014 general elections.
According to news company PTI, Rangeela, who gained repute for his mimicry of political leaders on social media, was once requested to organize contemporary subject material in a short time as the channel did not want to offend somebody.
"Before they called me to perform on the show, they knew I specialised in mimicking politicians like Modi ji and Rahul Gandhi. Intially, they said not to mimic Modi but were okay with poking fun at Rahul," PTI quoted him as saying.
But after a month of capturing, Rangeela claims he was once requested to shoot with new jokes as the ones on Modi and Rahul would not be aired.
"Later, they said I can't mimic either of them. They asked me to prepare a new skit in five days - without mimicking Modi-Rahul. I told them I would not be able to put up a fresh stand-up in such a short time. But I did prepare something and did the shoot. It was not impressive enough as it led to my elimination from the show," he mentioned.
(With inputs from PTI)
Abki baar, censorship sarkar: Surjewala's dig at Modi government
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