New Delhi, March 24 -- Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra is again embroiled in a controversy over his 'offensive' joke about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The workers of Shiv Sena (Shinde), the faction of the party that Eknath heads, allegedly ransacked the auditorium at the 'Unicontinental Mumbai' hotel in Mumbai's Khar demanding police action against Kunal Kamra, after he apparently called Shinde a 'Gaddar' (Traitor) in one of his recent performances in Mumbai.

The remark has stirred a political storm, with Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Milind Deora describing Kamra's jokes reeking of 'classist arrogance.' Priyanka Chaturvedi, the leader of Shiv Sena (UBT)-the other faction of the party-taunted Chief Minister Devendra Fadna...