Mahua Moitra lauds Kunal Kamra for ‘dare letter’, says ‘let’s hope some VHP workers can read”

Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress leader, hailed standup comedian Kunal Kamra for his incisive response to the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the organisation that forced organisers to cancel the stand-up comic's show in Gurugram.

In an open letter to the VHP, the standup comedian challenged the right-wing organisation to provide any video of him insulting ‘Hindu gods and Hindu culture'. Kamra further clarified in the letter that he only takes a dig at the government.

“If you are a government pet then you may feel bad," Where did the Hindu thing come from in this?” he wrote.

Kunal Kamra also removed the word Vishva (world) from Vishva Hindu Parishad’s name because he disagrees with the notion that “Hindus of this world have given you the contract of their religion.”

Continuing his attack on the VHP, the standup comedian challenged the outfit to condemn the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, by sending him in writing that “Godse Murdabad”. Kamra further proclaimed himself as 'a bigger Hindu' than the VHP as he doesn't earn his living by threatening people.

“I chant 'Jai Shri Sita-Ram' and 'Jai Radha Krishna' loudly and with pride. If you really are the children of India, write and send (messages of) 'Godse Murdabad'. If you don't, you will be perceived as anti-Hindu and supporters of terrorism,” Kamra wrote in the letter.

"Don't tell me you consider Godse as God? If that is true, keep getting my shows cancelled in the future too. I'll just be happy to have emerged a bigger Hindu than you in this test. Whatever I'll do, I'll eat my hard-earned bread as I'm a bigger Hindu than you. I feel it is a sin to live on scraps by threatening someone and spreading fear," the stand-up comedian wrote in Hindi, tagging VHP’s official Twitter handle.

Replying to the letter, Moitra wrote, “Good one Kunal. Let’s hope at least some of them can read…”