Comedian Samay Raina took digs at fellow comic Sunil Pal and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia during a special World Laughter Day episode of , which aired on Saturday.
The episode featured Raina and Allahbadia as guests, with host Kapil Sharma opening the show by referencing their past controversy linked to .
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Raina, known for his irreverent humour, extended the banter to multiple personalities, including former cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu. "It was a weird year. There are only two people in the studio who have been to the Supreme Court: us and Sidhu paaji," he quipped.
During the episode, Sharma revealed he had earlier cautioned Raina about potential trouble. Recalling a conversation around the time Raina's show was shut down, Sharma said he had called him asking, "How's there not a single case against you?" Raina added that Sharma had warned him that "something bad would happen," drawing from his own experience.
When Sharma advised Raina to use restraint in humour, the latter responded, "". He went on to joke about a lull in controversies, saying, "We were waiting for something else to happen. Kapil sir also stopped tweeting around then. , Udit Narayan also stopped kissing people."
Sharma also mocked Allahbadia's podcast style, saying, "."
Raina shot back, "He asked me last year if I ever think about death. I obviously didn't but the entire past year, I kept thinking about death because of him."
The episode intensified when Pal joined as a guest. When asked about calling Raina "comedy's terrorist" Pal said, "It would have been better if he had thrown grenades from his mouth, because what actually comes out of him is unbearable. And, so anyone who doesn't belong in society is basically a terrorist."
Raina responded with a series of barbs: "Sir, he really went after us back then..." and later adding, "Whatever abusive words I have learned, it is from Sunil Pal's videos, from comments on his videos." He also quipped, "".
The back-and-forth barb exchange continued with Raina joking about Pal's appearance, saying, "".

