Online ticketing platform BookMyShow on Saturday reportedly took down all content related to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and removed his name from the list of artists featured on its website. The move follows a letter from Yuva Shiv Sena general secretary Rahool N Kanal, who urged BookMyShow to stop facilitating ticket sales for Kunal Kamra’s upcoming performances.
BookMyShow, the online ticketing platform, on Saturday reportedly took down all content related to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. The platform also removed his name from the list of artists featured on its website. This comes after Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) youth leader Rahool N Kanal sent a letter a day earlier, urging BookMyShow to refrain from giving a platform to Kunal Kamra due to his controversial remarks about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
In his request to halt ticket sales for Kamra’s upcoming shows, Kanal stressed that “continuing to facilitate ticket sales for his events could be perceived as an endorsement of his divisive rhetoric which may have serious repercussions for public sentiment and order in the city.”
He further stated in his letter, which was shared on X: “Such remarks not only hurt the sentiments of public at large but also have the potential to incite public mischief and disrupt social harmony. By providing a platform for his performances, BookMyShow inadvertently lends credibility and reach to an individual whose actions threaten public order, particularly in a vibrant and diverse city like Mumbai, where your company is headquartered.”
Shiv Sena Yuva Sena General Secretary Rahool Kanal has written to BookMyShow and has requested them to not provide ticketing platform to Kunal Kamra for his further shows. pic.twitter.com/SquOrIqqHK
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Kanal expressed gratitude for the decision and wrote, “I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your continued support of you team to take the said artist out of your sale and promotion listing, thank you for even taking him out of the book my show search history. Your belief in maintaining peace and at the same time respecting our emotions has been instrumental.”
