Raju Srivastava’s death came as a shockwave for his fans yesterday. The stand-up comic was a legend and looked up to by fans, celebs and other stand-up comics as well for his sense of humour and observational comedy. Several political leaders such as PM Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu to celebs like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor expressed their heartfelt grief at his passing. However, stand-up comedian and now defunct AIB co-founder Rohan Joshi was not having any of it as he was not grieving for Raju’s demise and even said ‘good riddance’ at his passing while commenting on stand-up comedian Atul Khatri’s social media post. However, Rohan soon had to delete his comment and issue an apology when netizens destroyed him with their scathing remarks.
Atul shared Raju's photo and wrote, "RIP Rajubhai. You were such an inspiration to so many. Whenever you went on stage you lit it up. Your presence was such that when people just saw you there was an automatic smile on their faces. You will be truly missed. A big loss for the Indian Stand-up Comedy scene."
Soon after his post, Rohan took to the comments section and spewed venom and hate against the legendary comedian. Rohan wrote, “We haven't lost a thing. Whether it was Kamra whether it was the roast or any coming in the news. Raju Srivastava took every opportunity he ever got to shit on new comics, especially after the new wave of stand up started. He went on every f**kall news channel every time he was invited to go shit on an upcoming art form and call it offensive just because he couldn't understand it.”
He got brutally trolled for his hateful comments as netizens could have none of it. They called him out for his distasteful comment. Later Rohan deleted his comment and wrote, “Yehi soch kar delete kiya kyuki after a minute of anger I realised today is not about my personal feelings. Sorry if it hurt and thanks for the perspective."
Rohan joshi has deleted the pathetic comment after getting bashed by people. He’s justified saying he was angry and it’s not time for his “personal feelings”. His Personal feelings filled with toxic hatred & venom. No wonder, he calls other hate mongers & intolerant. pic.twitter.com/unAttYTwgK
— Janki (@jaankiii_) September 21, 2022
See the frustration of not being as popular as #RajuShrivastav’s created characters Gajodhar, sangatha, nandkau, Mishra pic.twitter.com/iOIWtoZSDp
— mthn (@Being_Humor) September 21, 2022
Hoping that nobody thinks of #RohanJoshi after his demise like he thinks of #RajuSrivastava after the latter passed away. Wait! Nobody cares who Rohan is, what does he do, whether he is dead or alive. This comment, like the rest of his life, is just an attempt to grab attention. pic.twitter.com/gqlFQaAaqA
— Mansi (@mansi_talks) September 21, 2022
Congratulations Rohan Joshi / Mojorojo. You abused Raju Srivastava under one post’s comment section and you become ‘famous’ across social media.
This is what Srivastava has achieved in his lifetime.
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) September 21, 2022
This how to celebrate the death of Famous Comedian Raju Srivastav.
This Woke guy is still unable to digest the fact that how Raju Srivastav made people WITHOUT any adult content.
Mojorojo such a shit guy. pic.twitter.com/of4wBoTCpK
— Farrago Abdullah (@abdullah_0mar) September 21, 2022
For the unversed, Raju Srivastava who was admitted to the AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi after he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed while working out at a hotel gym last month, passed away at the age of 58 years on Wednesday, September 21. Raju did not regain consciousness and breathed his last yesterday. Today, he was cremated by his son Ayushmaan at Mumbai. He is survived by his son, daughter Antara and wife Shikha.
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