Overview
- Vir Das, who wrote on X on Sunday that an economic crisis makes it vital to question leadership, warned that anonymous trolls often swarm sharp questions.
- An X user replied that he targets the Modi-led central government and ignores opposition leaders such as Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin and Arvind Kejriwal.
- Das answered on Monday that he joked about Congress on primetime TV for seven years and said he has long targeted whoever holds power, adding that with power comes parody.
- The back-and-forth drew wide attention online, with many users backing political satire and free speech, and no official response or legal action was reported.
- Coverage linked his remarks to recent government appeals to cut fuel use and non‑essential spending during the West Asia conflict and recalled his 2021 ‘Two Indias’ row and a recent film that underperformed.