Comedian Kunal Kamra, who has been temporarily banned by at least four airlines for allegedly "heckling" journalist Arnab Goswami on board an IndiGo flight on Tuesday, issued a statement clarifying that he hadn't been disruptive or disobeyed the instructions of the cabin crew "at any point"... Kamra said, "It's not shocking at all to me that for exercising my right to speech, which falls under Article 19 of our Constitution, airlines have given me a temporary ban from flying. Fact of the matter is that at no point was I disruptive and at no point did I not follow orders of the cabin crew or the captain. At no point did I endanger the safety of any passenger on board... Kamra also questioned the ban on him by SpiceJet and Air India airlines, in addition to IndiGo. Later on Wednesday, the GoAir airline also banned the comedian "till further notice".

... After IndiGo issued the six-month-long ban on Kamra, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri also condemned his behaviour and advised other airlines to impose similar restrictions on the stand-up comedian. He said,"offensive behaviour designed to provoke and create disturbance inside an aircraft is absolutely unacceptable and endangers safety of air travellers."