Overview
- Kunal Kamra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare were summoned over alleged insulting remarks about Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tied to a viral March 2025 parody and a supportive video.
- Committee chair Prasad Lad said notices went out about 15 days ago and confirmed both have been directed to appear in person on February 17 after they missed the first hearing.
- Lad cautioned that failure to appear after repeated summonses could lead the Privileges Committee to consider action.
- Suryakant More, called in a separate breach of privilege case over remarks about Council chairman Ram Shinde, has been rescheduled to depose on February 16.
- The parody episode previously triggered multiple FIRs and a ransacking of a Mumbai comedy venue, for which police made arrests, underscoring the dispute’s legal and security overhang.