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AIB faces more trouble as political parties threaten to take law into their hands against participant, supporters of the show
Updated : Feb 03, 2015, 05:37 PM IST
The makers and producers of AIB Knockout now find themselves in deeper waters as major Maharashtra political parties threaten to take law in their hands against them and their suppoters.
After AIB aired a video named AIB Knockout that roasted actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, they found themselves in trouble following a complaint against the Bollywood personalities by a religious group. Soon the Maharashtra government decided to probe the show
Now Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Nationalist Congress Party have threatened to take action against AIB unless their conditions and demands are met.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena said that they would bar release of any film involving Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh unless they unconditionally apologise, say reports.
Ameya Khopkar, president, Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Sena, the film wing of the MNS said to The Hindu “We will not let any film featuring the actors present at the AIB comedy show to be released in Mumbai, until they apologise for their actions.
“What kind of message are we giving to the world outside? What if small children, who follow Ranveer and Arjun, watch this show? Will they not be spoiled after watching such shows?”
Khopkar said that while his party did not intend to play the Censor Board or restrict freedom of speech he said that such shows will never be tolerated.
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Jiterndra Awhad of Nationalist Congress Party tweeted threatening to 'take law in their hands' if any channel aired AIB show.
Stop #AIB show or else we will stop it taking law in our hand.Decency auctioned @Dev_Fadnavis @abpmajhatv @mataonline @TimesNow @ibnlive
— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) February 2, 2015
I dare all channels to air #AIB as it is if it is freedom of speech @ibnlive @IndiaToday @ndtv @TimesNow @IndianExpress @BDUTT @ShekharGupta
— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) February 2, 2015
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