
New Delhi:
Stand-up comedian Anubhav Singh Bassi’s live show, do not tell someone, was going to be held on 15 February at Indira Gandhi Foundation in Lucknow. However, the Uttar Pradesh Police refused to allow the possibility of “objectionable content” and “threats of protesters”. Bassi’s show took place on February 14 in Agra and the second show is scheduled to take place on Sunday (16 February) in CSJM Auditorium in Kanpur.
Aparna Yadav, Deputy Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission, asked to cancel the show in a letter to Director General of Police Prashant Kumar on 14 February. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Vibhuti Khand) Radha Raman Singh stated the main reason for refusing to give NOC.
Oriol Entertainment founder Ankur Bhargava was not available for conversation, but his team member told us, “Our Agra Show (Friday) as part of India Tour and we are doing a show in Kanpur today. Yes, our Both the Lucknow shows were canceled and we were told that there is no permission from the Protest Group, so both the shows of Lucknow were not allowed.
Yadav’s statement came in view of the ongoing controversy during the comedian time Raina’s show India’s Got Latant, in which Podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia made an objectionable statement due to which several FIRs were registered and cases were registered.
In a video uploaded in Hindi and uploaded on his X account, he said, “His (Bassi) previous videos, which are online, had objectionable content. YouTube should ban such content. The state government should ban such a content. But should not be banned and not allowed for such shows.
ACP Radha Raman Singh said that the decision has come in view of the recent controversy over podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia, whose outrage spread throughout the country with the wrong comment on the YouTube show.
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