Indigo, Air India ban stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for midair offensive on Arnab Goswami

 Kamra on the video posted on Tuesday on his Twitter handle was seen attacking Goswami over his brand of  “journalism” and provoked him to respond holding that he is doing this for late Dalit student Rohith Vemula's mother (Rohith had committed suicide). He asked him if he is a "coward" or a "nationalist", ridiculing the media personality for his stand and aggression against certain groups like JNU students, liberals, et al. Goswami, who helms pro-government Republic TV, reportedly called him mentally unstable during the incident and kept quiet.

He even challenged Goswami, who was on his laptop sporting dark glasses, to speak out against him identifying himself as “anti-national” and one of  “tukde-tukde narrative”.

Soon after the video went viral, Indigo issued a statement saying: "In light of the recent incident on board 6E 5317 from Mumbai to Lucknow, we wish to inform that we are suspending Mr. Kunal Kamra from flying with IndiGo for a period of six months, as his conduct onboard was unacceptable behaviour.

"Hereby, we wish to advise our passengers to refrain from indulging in personal slander whilst onboard, as this can potentially compromise the safety of fellow passengers," it said.

@MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri In light of the recent incident on board 6E 5317 from Mumbai to Lucknow, we wish to inform that we are suspending Mr. Kunal Kamra from flying with IndiGo for a period of six months, as his conduct onboard was unacceptable behaviour. 1/2

— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 28, 2020

Soon after national carrier Air India banned him from flying for a similar period of time.

But he might be suspended for longer as Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said his ministry would advise all carriers to impose similar restrictions on Kamra.

Responding to IndiGo’s statement, which was tagged to him, Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted:  “Offensive behaviour designed to provoke & create disturbance inside an aircraft is absolutely unacceptable & endangers safety of air travellers. We are left with no option but to advise other airlines to impose similar restrictions on the person concerned.”

While Arnab Goswami is known for his ballistic TV journalism and attacks on "liberals", he during the midair episode kept silent.
 
Meanwhile, Kamra posted on Twitter again on the Indigo suspension calling it “honestly very kind of you”.

"Thank you Indigo a six month suspension is honestly very kind of you... Modiji might be suspending Air India forever," he posted.