India, March 24 -- Comedian Kunal Kamra on Sunday stirred up a controversy, sharing a song that referred to Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, without naming him, as a 'rickshawallah' and traitor who had 'stolen someone else's father'. Enraged party leaders threatened to teach him a lesson while some Sena workers attacked a venue in Khar where Kamra performs regularly.

The first line of the song, shared by Kamra in a post on social media platform X, said, "Thane ki rickshaw, chehre pe dadi, ankhon pe chashma, haaye (Rickshaw from Thane, bearded face, spectacles over the eyes, hey)'. It referred to Shinde as a turncoat, saying he could be found hiding in Guwahati, where MLAs led by him took refuge in June 2022 after splitting the undivided Sh...