Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday slammed the cancellation of comedian Munawar Faruqui's show in Bengaluru which led the comedian to issue a statement on social media that he's done with all this and wants to bid adieu to his art, as the artist has lost to hatred. Stifling freedom of expression takes many forms but threatening a stand-up comedian's venue is petty and shameful," the Congress leader tweeted. Stifling freedom of expression takes many forms but threatening a stand-up comedian's venue is petty and shameful. On January 1, Faruqui was arrested by the Indore Police in a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and was in jail for almost a month. He, however, said he was arrested before he started that show and old videos were used against him as evidence.

Source: Hindustan Times November 28, 2021 15:37 UTC