Hindutva organisation Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has filed a police complaint against comedian Vir Das demanding that his show scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on November 10 be cancelled, reported ANI.
Mohan Gowda, the spokesperson of the organisation, claimed that Das had made derogatory remarks about women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “denigrated the nation” during a performance in Washington in November last year. Gowda also said that the show had hurt religious sentiments of the Hindu community.
Gowda stated in the complaint that in his performance, Das had said: “In India, we worship women in the day and rape them at night”.
The show Gowda referred to was titled I come from two Indias, and had sparked controversy with police complaints being filed against Das in Delhi and Pune.
In the 6.53-minute video clip, the comedian had described his version of “two Indias”.
“I come from an India where we laugh so loudly that you can hear us through the walls, and yet…I come from an India where we break down the walls of a comedy club because you can hear laughter inside,” he says during the performance.
In its complaint, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti noted that police complaints have already been filed against the comedian. Gowda said that given the controversy it would not be right to allow Das to perform in a “communally sensitive area like Bengaluru”.
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