New Delhi, January 29: After a video of Kunal Kamra "heckling" TV journalist Arnab Goswami on a Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight went viral, the comedian was barred from flying by IndiGo and national carrier Air India. Following the suit, low-cost airlines Spicejet and GoAir also banned the comedian from flying on the Civil Aviation Ministry advisory. Kunal Kamra Banned From Flying by SpiceJet After Air India & IndiGo, Comedian Landed in Row For 'Heckling' Arnab Goswami.
In the clip shared by Kamra, the comedian met Arnab Goswami on a flight and can be seen heckling the journalist. He asks multiple questions to him and mocks the news anchor to get a response. The journalist, however, ignores him throughout the encounter. Kunal Kamra Barred by Air India After His Video Heckling Arnab Goswami Onboard IndiGo Flight Went Viral.
After IndiGo and Air India, SpiceJet and GoAir banned him. Several netizens are sharing memes and jokes on the incident. "I guess Mr Kamra need to buy his own private jet to travel across as per the things are going on! Indigo, Air India and now Spicejet," a user said.
Here's How Twitter Reacted:
Kunal Kamra doesn't need Indigo & Spicejet 😂 @kunalkamra88@ArnabGoswamiRtv @anuragkashyap72 @ReallySwara @Real_Anuj pic.twitter.com/zVvowXGwfv
— Prince Parmanand Gurjar🇮🇳 (@princeparmanand) January 29, 2020
Liberals - we will travel in other airlines except indigo
Sometime later - except indigo and air india
Now after hearing Spicejet too has banned Kamra -#BoycottIndigo #BoycottAirIndia #boycotttravelling #Kamra pic.twitter.com/1aObhkyJ32
— @ (@KyaHuaTeraWaada) January 29, 2020
Indigo and air India suspended kunal kamra from flying by their flights
Meanwhile SpiceJet:- pic.twitter.com/ed2WHaMffe
— Abhijeet kr ravi (@Abhijee22691599) January 29, 2020
•Nobody prefers SpiceJet.
•Air India getting sold.
Meanwhile :- pic.twitter.com/0s7KkLIXZj
— Anzal MB (@AnzalMb) January 29, 2020
*After Indigo, AirIndia and SpiceJet ban*#kunalkamra walking and returning to normalcy : pic.twitter.com/HRaExfNFmL
— Rohit Adhikari⚪ (@rohitadhikari92) January 29, 2020
The airline ban also triggered criticism from social media users:
Banning Kunal for 6 months show the hypocrisy, irrationality and shamelessness of @IndiGo6E. They are slaves of his master's voice. Clearly it's a politically coerced conspiracy. They are including in social discrimination. I quit flying with them for 6 months. #BoycottIndigo https://t.co/89hRl6y1Wr
— 🇮🇳 Let us save our India (@KrishnamHQ) January 29, 2020
It’s been over 2 months and they haven’t taken any action against Pragya Thakur who created a scene using her power to circumvent flight safety rules. Didn’t even take them a full day to suspend Kunal Kamra.
Bunch of shameless, spineless cowards. https://t.co/oDjXwOJmDo
— BullBull (@DahiiBhalla) January 29, 2020
*Kunal Kamra verbally heckles Arnab on Indigo Flight*
- Spice Jet suspends him from flying with them.
*Sadhvi Pragya delays the spice Jet flight by 45 mins and had altercation with their staff*
- No action taken by Spice Jet.
— Ali Syed (@ali_syedd) January 29, 2020
This development comes after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri urged airlines to impose restrictions on Kamra for his action. "Offensive behaviour designed to provoke & create disturbance inside an aircraft is absolutely unacceptable and endangers safety of air travellers. We are left with no option but to advise other airlines to impose similar restrictions on the person concerned," Puri tweeted.
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