The accused comedian Munawar Faruqui, was in prison for insulting Hindu Gods and Goddesses, for a month before and was stated that he isn’t allowed to work even after the Supreme Court granted him bail.
“I get 50 anonymous calls daily, I needed to extrude my SIM card thrice. When my phone number was leaked, strangers would call me up and abuse me,” he stated.
The shows in Mumbai have been canceled after people of the right-wing organization reportedly threatened to burn down the venues. Announcing the cancellations, Munawar Faruqui had tweeted that the protection of the viewers matters the maximum to him.
“What is occurring is unfortunate. Lots of wrongs are occurring in the country. The larger problem is that 3 shows, a complete of 1,500 humans offered tickets a month ago. I sense terrible for them. This is an unhappy truth with which many individuals in this country are living,” he stated.
“I used to assume every now and then that perhaps I am wrong, however after what has happened, I even have understood that a few individuals are looking to benefit political gain out of this,” he stated.
Then the comedian stated that everybody was the target. “In my case, they use faith. That scares me,” he stated.
Munawar Faruqui stated that following his arrest and bail, he has achieved 50 programs, and in 90 % of them, he was given good praises and cheers. “The viewers do not care who belongs to which faith or caste. There aren’t any remarks on any faith in my program,” he stated.
Munawar Faruqui stated Bajrang Dal’s group was focusing on him through circulating a 10-seconds clip from a two-hour program.
“You display the clip out of context and say I even have insulted (Hindu gods),” he stated.
Munawar Faruqui stated eighty individuals earn a livelihood from one program, such as drivers, volunteers, and guards. “These are individuals who’ve been jobless for the beyond one-and-a-1/2 of years. I feel terrible for them,” he stated,
Also, Munawar Faruqui stated that he informed venue proprietors that there may be not anything intricate in his content material and that they want now no longer to be afraid. “But if a person threatens that he’ll burn the location down, vandalize it, he’ll assume. This is wrong, it is an independent country.”
“Hate won, so the program has canceled. But until when? We will win,” he stated, including that he’ll “retain to unfold smiles”.
