Kunal Kamra

On 28 January 2020, Kamra, while travelling on an IndiGo flight, confronted the news anchor Arnab Goswami, inviting him to debate with him. Kamra had raised questions about Arnab's coverage of issues on national affairs and the suicide of Rohith Vemula.[13] Kamra later released a 1.51-minute long video of the incident on Twitter, which showed a non responsive Arnab while being questioned by Kamra.[14][15] The next day, Indigo banned Kamra from boarding its flight for a period of six months.[16]

The same day, government-owned airline Air India banned him indefinitely. Indian aviation minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted that other airlines should follow suit and ban Kamra to ensure that an example was set.[17][18] Next day, other airlines SpiceJet and GoAir also banned him indefinitely. The ban was criticized for being excessive for the incident and against the existing rules of DGCA.[19]

Film maker Anurag Kashyap refused to fly in the IndiGo airlines due to their decision to ban Kamra.[13] Two passengers of IndiGo also protested and displayed placards in the plane, in support of Kamra.[20]

Kamra has issued a legal notice to IndiGo against the travel ban demanding a compensation of ₹25 lakh (US$35,000).[16]

After Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on 11 November 2020, Kamra made a series of tweets critical of the Supreme Court. Eight people accused Kamra of contempt of court and sued him.[21] The Attorney General K. K. Venugopal gave his mandatory approval to initiate contempt proceedings related to the tweets.[22] Kamra said he continued to believe that "the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other’s personal liberty cannot go uncriticised." He does not intend to retract the tweets nor apologise for them. He asked that the time that may be allotted for hearing his contempt case should be spent on more important cases pending before the court.[23][24]

In 2017, Kunal launched a YouTube podcast titled Shut Up Ya Kunal along with his friend Ramit Verma. The show features Kamra engaged in an informal discussion with politicians and activists from both ends of the spectrum.[8][25][26][27] The videos are interspersed with news clips of the guests contradicting their own statements to comic effect.[26][25] Ramit Verma of the satirical Facebook page PeeingHuman is the show's creative director and editor.[10][28] The first episode aired on July 20, 2017 and featured Madhukeshwar Desai, the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing.[8] The episode featuring JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid reached around a million views within hours of release.