India, Feb. 4 -- The privileges committee of the legislative council has summoned stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Thursday for a hearing in a case related to an alleged insult to deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.

BJP MLC Pravin Darekar had, on March 26, 2025, moved the breach of privilege motion against Kamra and Andhare for the "derogatory" language used by them for Shinde. Kamra's comic song tangentially referring to Shinde as a traitor, while going hugely viral, had kicked up a row in the ruling Mahayuti. Since it happened during the budget session, it evoked reactions in two houses of the legislature.

Darekar claimed that Kamra had "insulted" a "popular leader" and thus breached the priv...