Using The New York Times 'Opinion' platform, standup comedian Kunal Kamra claimed that the government had blood on its hands. He even referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a 'joker'.
Standup comedian Kunal Kamra has made scathing remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government's handling of the Coronavirus pandemic on The New York Times platform.
Accusing the government, especially "an overconfident Prime Minister Narendra Modi", Kamra claimed that "the administration put political vanity before common sense and opened the door to a devastating resurgence of coronavirus infections."
Using the NYT Opinion platform, Kamra claimed that the government had blood on its hands.
Did an opinion piece for on our Covid crisis - https://t.co/Wpi4VfQxg4
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88)
Kamra said that people in the country are living an "out-and-out lie".
He claimed that the Modi government was a "master of one domain -- attacking critics".
"At least two dozen people were arrested recently for posters that criticised the government's vaccine policy. The government even asked Twitter to block some of these tweets which were critical towards its Covid policies," he said.
Running down the prime minister in an international forum, he accused PM Modi of running the country on a cocktail of bizarre lies and high-octane hypocrisy.
Kamra accused the prime minister of botching up Coronavirus vaccination while calling India the "pharmacy of the world".
Despite the government rolling out data on vaccine procurement, the comedian called the government strategy of producing more than 60 million doses for other countries but not making enough vaccines for the country itself, a tragedy.
Calling the pandemic in India as a state-orchestrated Covid massacre, Kamra said he concluded saying, "You elect a joker -- expect a (expletive) circus."
The comedian's remarks triggered a backlash on social media with many questioning his credentials to comment on the country's leadership at an international forum.
Kunal kamra writes in shows the standard of NYT ..any Tom Dick and Harry can get to write if he is anti-modi …. India already vaccinated more than 30crores FYI .. https://t.co/NFOmEHpJKo
— Exsecular (@ExSecular)
Out of all people, chose 'kunal kamra' for writing a column on India's Covid crisis. This is perhaps the lowest they've dropped! What a fall.. https://t.co/LXImwdd5UF
— Rishikesh Patil (@rishikesh_patil)
You should be ashamed of yourself and why thought he is the best person to give opinion? What is his credibility, education ,or contribution ?
Few people can talk any ill about own parents and country for some likes on twitter and get attention of random white people https://t.co/CPAJGKslrk
Isn't he the man who was showing middle finger to our health workers an year ago? "Kunal Kamra" calling Indians as 'my people' sounds so shallow when all he did is abuse 80% of those people for the way of their life in the name of comedy. https://t.co/zyfhTz9uIr
— SHOBHNA DHEEMATI🇮🇳 (@SDheemati)
I don't think anyone describes kunal kamra better than himself pic.twitter.com/GxwI8A3hzx
— Last Human (@pLastHuman)