Samay Raina is once more in controversy over his India’s Received Latent present after a Kashmiri-Bihari banter with comedian Sharon Verma within the newest episode of present’s second season. The banter kicked up a row as a number of politicians known as him out over the remarks.
Whereas Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Nirupam stated ‘humour must be taken as humor’, Maharashtra BJP MLA Ram Kadam slammed Raina, saying Kashmiri Pandits can’t be handled as topics of ridicule.
The controversy erupted over the duo’s dialog in the course of the present after Raina stated, “You already know, Sharon Verma is a Bihari who got here to Mumbai in the hunt for a job. Simply Bihari issues.” To this, Verma replied, “At the least I left my state by my selection.” For context, Verma is from Bihar, and Raina is a Kashmiri Pandit.
‘They didn’t depart properties out of selection’
A frontrunner of Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP expressed sympathy with Kashmiri Pandits who needed to depart their properties in Kashmir ,at the start of militancy in early Nineties. “The land of Jammu & Kashmir stays incomplete with out (Kashmiri Pandits)… They didn’t depart their properties out of mere selection. The best way these personalities are typically handled, there is no such thing as a room for such conduct in both faith or humanity… We await their return, however wherever they’re, they deserve nice respect,” PDP chief Syed Tajamul Islam informed information company ANI.
‘Sharon Verma should do her homework’
Dilip Pandita, a Kashmiri Hindu, made sharp assault at Sharon Verma, condemning her remarks. “I strongly condemn Sharon Verma’s assertion. I don’t consider she was even born when the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits occurred. Sharon Verma should do her homework… I’m a sufferer of terrorism, not a sufferer of financial hardship. I didn’t want a job,” he stated.
‘Mischievous acts’
J&Okay BJP MLA RS Pathania condemned the remarks made on Raina’s Latent present and stated, “India has a collective movement, a collective sentiment, India has a historical past, India has a convention, and India has a golden future. Mischievous acts like this have beforehand led to fines on Samay Raina, however by tearing aside the rules set by legislation, the Structure, and social ethics, he has made the comment once more.”
Why Samay Raina was in hassle earlier
Raina bumped into controversy in February 2025 over his YouTube present India’s Received Latent and confronted authorized motion over allegations of selling obscenity and sexually specific content material. The row erupted after visitor Ranveer Allahbadia’s remarks on an episode, which resulted in widespread backlash, leading to a number of FIRs and authorized challenges to the present. Nonetheless, Raina introduced a comeback of India’s Received Latent a few months in the past, and 5 episodes from the present’s second season have already been launched on YouTube.
The Supreme Court docket final week quashed all FIRs in opposition to comic Raina and 4 others over alleged insensitive jokes about individuals with disabilities throughout his ‘India’s Received Latent’ present.
