Standup comedian and ‘Bigg Boss’ season 17 winner Munawar Faruqui has a long and deep connection with controversies and it feels that he loves to be a part of trouble. Munawar recently used abusive language for the people of the Konkani community of Maharashtra, after which a section of social media started opposing him. Seeing the growing anger of the people, the standup comedian has had to apologize to people.
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Munawar Faruqui was seen making inappropriate comments about the Konkani community in a comedy show. During this, he said, ‘Konkani people fool others.’ Along with this, he also used an abusive word. This comment of Munawar cost him a lot and he started getting trolled on social media. Samadhan, son of Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar, expressed anger and said, ‘If Munawar does not apologize to the Konkani people, then this Pakistan lover will be trampled wherever he is seen.’ BJP leader Nitesh Rane had warned the standup comedian, ‘This green snake has started speaking too much. We have the home address of the person who made fun of the people of the Konkani community, we will teach him a lesson soon.’
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Protests against Munawar Faruqui started on social media as well, seeing which the stand-up comedian surrendered. Munawar released a video on his official social media account and presented his clarification. He said, ‘While talking to the audience in a show a few days ago, I made a comment on Konkan, which was misunderstood. I have not made fun of the Konkani community.’
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Munawar Faruqui further added, ‘My job is to make people laugh and not to hurt anyone. If anyone has been hurt by my comment, then I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart.’ Along with this, he wrote in a tweet in Marathi, ‘I want a lot of love and apology to the Konkanis.’