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Getting banned for the right to speech not shocking: Kamra

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Published : Jan 29, 2020, 4:43 PM IST

Reacting to the ban that three airlines have put on him, comedian Kunal Kamra said that this new development is not shocking for him. Kamra in a series of tweets asserted that none of his activities on the flight with Arnab Goswami was unruly or disrupting.

Getting banned for the right to speech not shocking: Kamra
Getting banned for the right to speech not shocking: Kamra

Mumbai: Reacting to three airlines banning him from flying for allegedly heckling television journalist Arnab Goswami aboard a flight, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said he was never 'unruly or disruptive'.

He also said the flying suspension was not 'shocking' for him.

The comedian was suspended from flying by IndiGo and Air India on Tuesday after he allegedly heckled Goswami aboard a Mumbai-Lucknow plane and posted a video clip on his Twitter handle.

SpiceJet became the third airline which banned Kamra from flying.

On Tuesday, IndiGo had suspended Kamra from flying for a period of six months and Air India until further notice.

Shortly after SpiceJet suspended him from flying with the airline, the comedian posted a sarcastic tweet: "Modiji can I walk yaan uspe bhi baan hai (Modi Ji can I walk or is there a ban even on that)" and added crying emojis after his tweet.

In a statement issued on Twitter, Kamra said at no point did he not follow the orders of the cabin crew in the (Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.

"It's not shocking at all to me that for exercising my right to speech, which falls under Article 19 of our constitution, 3 airlines have given me a temporary ban from flying. The fact of the matter is that at no point was I disruptive and at no point did I not follow the orders of the cabin crew or the captain," he tweeted.

"At no point did I endanger the safety of any passenger on board, the only damage I caused was to the inflated ego to the 'journalist' Arnab Goswami," he stated.

Kamra said he had not travelled on SpiceJet or Air India in this event and there is no 'pattern of him being unruly'.

"This was the first time something like this has happened, so why have they jumped the gun and banned me? I've travelled SpiceJet and Air India in the past. There have been no complaints against me ever, only selfies and love has been shared by the crew," he tweeted.

The comedian further said that as per his 'limited knowledge' no formal complaint was made by the crew, Goswami or anyone else onboard the (Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.

"Whenever there was an intervention by any member of the crew I complied. If expressing myself to an important public figure, who himself points a camera day in and day out, catching people off guard is a crime, then Both of us are criminals," he wrote.

(Inputs from PTI)

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Mumbai: Reacting to three airlines banning him from flying for allegedly heckling television journalist Arnab Goswami aboard a flight, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said he was never 'unruly or disruptive'.

He also said the flying suspension was not 'shocking' for him.

The comedian was suspended from flying by IndiGo and Air India on Tuesday after he allegedly heckled Goswami aboard a Mumbai-Lucknow plane and posted a video clip on his Twitter handle.

SpiceJet became the third airline which banned Kamra from flying.

On Tuesday, IndiGo had suspended Kamra from flying for a period of six months and Air India until further notice.

Shortly after SpiceJet suspended him from flying with the airline, the comedian posted a sarcastic tweet: "Modiji can I walk yaan uspe bhi baan hai (Modi Ji can I walk or is there a ban even on that)" and added crying emojis after his tweet.

In a statement issued on Twitter, Kamra said at no point did he not follow the orders of the cabin crew in the (Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.

"It's not shocking at all to me that for exercising my right to speech, which falls under Article 19 of our constitution, 3 airlines have given me a temporary ban from flying. The fact of the matter is that at no point was I disruptive and at no point did I not follow the orders of the cabin crew or the captain," he tweeted.

"At no point did I endanger the safety of any passenger on board, the only damage I caused was to the inflated ego to the 'journalist' Arnab Goswami," he stated.

Kamra said he had not travelled on SpiceJet or Air India in this event and there is no 'pattern of him being unruly'.

"This was the first time something like this has happened, so why have they jumped the gun and banned me? I've travelled SpiceJet and Air India in the past. There have been no complaints against me ever, only selfies and love has been shared by the crew," he tweeted.

The comedian further said that as per his 'limited knowledge' no formal complaint was made by the crew, Goswami or anyone else onboard the (Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.

"Whenever there was an intervention by any member of the crew I complied. If expressing myself to an important public figure, who himself points a camera day in and day out, catching people off guard is a crime, then Both of us are criminals," he wrote.

(Inputs from PTI)

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Getting banned for the right to speech not shocking: Kamra
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         Mumbai, Jan 29 (PTI) Reacting to three airlines
banning him from flying for allegedly heckling television
journalist Arnab Goswami aboard a flight, stand-up comedian
Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said he was never "unruly or
disruptive".
         He also said the flying suspension was not "shocking"
for him.
         "The comedian was suspended from flying by IndiGo and
Air India on Tuesday after he allegedly heckled Goswami aboard
a Mumbai-Lucknow plane and posted a video clip on his Twitter
handle.
         SpiceJet became the third airline which suspended
Kamra from flying until further notice on Wednesday.
         On Tuesday, IndiGo had suspended Kamra from flying for
a period of six months and Air India until further notice.
         Shortly after SpiceJet suspended him from flying with
the airline, the comedian posted a sarcastic tweet: "Modiji
can I walk yaan uspe bhi baan hai (Modi ji can I walk or is
there a ban even on that)" and added crying emojis after his
tweet.
         In a statement issued on Twitter, Kamra said at no
point did he not follow the orders of the cabin crew in the
(Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.
         "It's not shocking at all to me that for exercising my
right to speech, which falls under Article 19 of our
constitution, 3 airlines have given me a temporary ban from
flying. Fact of the matter is that at no point was I
disruptive and at no point did I not follow the orders of the
cabin crew or the captain," he tweeted.
         "At no point did I endanger the safety of any
passenger on board, the only damage I caused was to the
inflated ego to the 'journalist' Arnab Goswami," he stated.
         Kamra said he had not travelled with SpiceJet or Air
India in this event and there is no "pattern of him being
unruly".
         "This was the first time something like this has
happened, so why have they jumped the gun and banned me? I've
travelled SpiceJet and Air India in the past. There have been
no complaints against me ever, only selfies and love has been
shared by the crew," he tweeted.
         The comedian further said that as per his "limited
knowledge" no formal complaint was made by the crew, Goswami
or anyone else on board the (Mumbai-Lucknow) flight.
         "Whenever there was an intervention by any member of
the crew I complied. If expressing myself to an important
public figure, who himself points a camera day in and day out,
catching people off guard is a crime, then Both of us are
criminals," he wrote. PTI JUR
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