No restriction on any artist: BookMyShow responds to Kunal Kamra's open letter

(News Agency)-Days after comedian Kunal Kamra sought clarification from BookMyShow on whether he had been delisted from their portal, the online ticketing platform finally broke its silence, stating that "it doesn't restrict any artist", citing its neutral stance. Responding to Kamra's open letter on X, BookMyShow said it is a "platform to facilitate the sale of tickets and operates the business with neutrality and in compliance with the applicable laws of India. Facts on our role have been misrepresented in the public domain. Our role is to provide a platform for ticket sales of live shows and it is the decision of the organiser or the venue to list or delist their shows." As reports of BookMyShow delisting Kamra after his "gaddar" jibe at Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde went viral, he took to X and wrote an open letter, demanding that the platform either delist him or provide him with data on his audience."With that in mind, I request one of the following: Do not delist me, or Provide me with the data (contact information) I've generated through your platform from my audience. Thank you for your understanding," he said.BookMyShow delisted Kamra and removed him from their portal, a day after Shinde Sena youth leader, Rahool Kanal, asked it not to provide a platform for Kamra.
Soon after BookMyShow's decision to remove Kamra, Kanal took to X and wrote: Thank you for keeping your portal clean and keeping such artists out of the list of pure entertainment, because we all being Mumbaikars love and believe in every form of art but not personal agendas."
Kanal was one of 12 Shiv Sena leaders arrested for vandalising the Mumbai Habitat Centre in Khar, where Kamra's controversial stand-up show was held.