Munawar Faruqui has been dropped from the Gurgaon Comedy Festival by the organizers from the lineup of performing citing ‘public safety’.
The organizers have said that over the past two days, they have received repeated calls as well as online messages, thus opposing the participation of the comedian in the 3-day festival. The festival has been scheduled from December 17-19 at Airia Mall.
The organizer of the event – Mubin Tisekar is the co-founder of the organizing event and has said that “We did not want to hurt anyone’s sentiments or put the public in danger…so we removed him from the panel. The decision was taken yesterday and we made changes on the poster and ticketing platform. For us, the safety of the artists and public is a priority… audience is everything.”
