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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Jain backlash leads to cancellation of shows and apology by ‘comic’ Daniel Fernandes

“Jains target comic Daniel Fernandes with threats over Bakrid joke. ‘Won’t write out of fear’”, The Print, July 1, 2024:

“A video by Indian stand-up comedian Daniel Fernandes on how Jains posed as Muslims to buy goats this Bakrid received massive backlash from the former community. His four shows in Chennai and Hyderabad were cancelled after he received threats over emails and social media.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Telangana, T Raja, shot a video saying that if Fernandes doesn’t cancel the show in Hyderabad, his workers “will come there and thrash him”. The MLA also recalled that in 2021, comedian Munawar Faruqui’s Bengaluru show was cancelled as he allegedly insulted Hindu deities during one of his shows.

On 29 June 2024, Fernandes posted an apology through an Instagram video and promised the Jain community that he would not mention them in his performances. “It was the factual narration of something that happened in a comedic way and there was no intention to target any group,” said Fernandes over a telephonic conversation with ThePrint……”

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