India, Feb. 18 -- Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Tuesday presented themselves before the state legislative council's privileges committee where they had been summoned for a hearing in a case related to Kamra's viral video. The comedian last year had sung a satirical song tangentially referring to deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde as a "traitor", which sent the collective hackles of the Mahayuti up.

Andhare, who released a video supporting Kamra and questioning why "others" who had insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had not been similarly targeted, also found herself at the receiving end of the Mahayuti's ire. Both were summoned by the privileges committee for "insulting" Shinde.

However, t...