Indian airlines ban Kunal Kamra for jeering at journalist Arnab Goswami on a flight
Goswami, in the video, can be seen sitting with earphones when the comedian called the journalist a "coward" and a "nationalist"
January 31, 2020
Indian airlines have banned comedian Kunal Kamra for his act of heckling Arnab Goswami - a journalist - on board a Mumbai-Lucknow Indigo flight.
On Tuesday, Kunal Kamra tweeted a video showing him heckling a media personality on board. Hours later, Indigo banned Kamra from travelling on any of its flights for the next six months, while national airline Air India suspended the actor from its flights "until further notice".
Kamra's post took the internet by storm, drawing applause from a section of his followers and criticism from many others.
Goswami, in the video, can be seen sitting with earphones when the comedian called the journalist a "coward" and a "nationalist". Kamra shared a statement on Twitter detailing his reasons to accost the TV anchor.
Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, on social media, described Kamra’s act as "non-violent satyagraha" against a news anchor known for "violent diatribes" on his channel.
Shashi Tharoor - Congress parliamentarian - said Kamra had given Goswami a "taste of his own medicine".
