Kunal Kamra was banned for six months by Indigo -- the airline carrying him during the incident -- while Air India, GoAir and Spice Jet barred the outspoken comic"until further notice".
In a video that Kamra posted on social media, Kamra is seen posing questions and then asks whether Goswami was"a coward or a nationalist" -- a phrase often used by Goswami on his shows.The comedian ends the showdown by referring to Rohith Vemula, a low-caste Dalit scholar whose 2016 suicide sparked protests across India. In the video, Kamra accuses Goswami of harassing Vemula's mother.Kamra is an outspoken critic of the rightwing government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kamra said on Twitter that he saw Goswami again on his return flight Thursday morning. He did not say which carrier he took but added that Goswami again declined an"honest discussion". "At no point did I endanger the safety of any passenger on board, the only damage I caused was to the inflated ego of the 'journalist' Arnab Goswami," Kamra said.