Navjot Singh Sidhu ousted from Kapil Sharma's comedy show after comments on Pulwama attack

New Delhi: Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been asked to leave Kapil Sharma's popular comedy show owing to his comments on the Pulwama Attack, reports suggest. Sidhu has been a part of the show since its inception but his comment on the Pulwama attack didn't go well with the public. #boycottsidhu trended on Twitter on Friday with people demanding that he must be asked to leave the comedy show.

According to ANI , Sidhu has been ousted from the show after his comments on the Pulwama attack that took place on February 14.

Navjot Singh Sidhu has been sacked from ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ after his controversial comments on Pulwama terror attack, a source told ANI.

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Talking about Sidhu's comment, he had said, “Nations cannot be held responsible for the dastardly acts of terrorists. The terrorists do not have deen, mazhab (sect and religion). There are good, the bad and the ugly. Every institution has them. Every nation has them. The ugly need to be punished. But individuals cannot be blamed for the dastardly act.”