If India’s democracy has to thrive, it cannot do so if our politicians have such thin skins, where a negative reference to Maharashtra’s deputy CM by a stand-up comedian leads to Shiv Sainiks vandalising the venue of his performance. While opposition politicians suddenly rose up to condemn the vandalism and reaffirmed Kunal Kamra’s right to his views on Eknath Shinde, the problem is that practically no politician in India is able to laugh off a joke or satire.
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