Amitabh Bachchan

Kaun Banega Crorepati

Shivaji

Aurangzeb

Nitesh Rane

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

आमच्या छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचा एकेरी उल्लेख करुन @sonykbc10 नी अपमान केला आहे.. लवकर माफी मागा नाही तर शो ची एक पण lifeline राहणार नाही !! — nitesh rane (@NiteshNRane) 1573180519000

KBC

There was an inaccurate reference to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during Wednesday’s KBC episode, due to inadvertenc… https://t.co/DoZs9frnab — Sony TV (@SonyTV) 1573191988000

NCP

NCP workers protesting against KBC

सोनीवरील कौन बनेगा करोडपती या कार्यक्रमात छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या नावाचा नामोल्लेख एकेरी केल्याच्या निषेधार्थ आ… https://t.co/3cmCNvtQEL — Nawab Malik (@nawabmalikncp) 1573205154000

Netizens demanded a ban on's popular game show11 after the show referred to ChhatrapatiMaharaj as only 'Shivaji'. Not wanting to be left out, political parties jumped in too.On Friday, #BoycottKBC began trending on Twitter after several viewers shared the screengrab of a question asked on the show. The question read, "Which of these rulers was the contemporary of Mughal emperor?"However, one of the options for the answer read only 'Shivaji', and this did not go down well with people.Viewers demanded an apology from the channel and called them out for disrespecting the Maratha ruler by referring to him just by his first name.Even Maharashtra BJP MLAdemanded an apology and threatened the makers of the show saying that they would be left with no 'lifeline' if they did not issue an immediate apology. He tweeted, "आमच्या छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचा एकेरी उल्लेख करुन @sonykbc10 नी अपमान केला आहे..लवकर माफी मागा नाही तर शो ची एक पण lifeline राहणार नाही!! (sic)" (By referring toby his first name, @sonykbc10 has insulted him. Issue an apology soon or the show will also lose its lifeline.)The channel later issued an apology and said that the mistake was made unintentionally. The official handle tweeted, "There was an inaccurate reference to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during Wednesday’sepisode, due to inadvertence. We deeply regret the same and being mindful of the sentiments of our viewers have carried a scroll expressing regret during our episode yesterday. #KBC11 (sic)."workers landed up outside the office of Sony in Malad to protest against the channel. The party claims that the channel issued an apology after its protest.Kaun Banega Crorepati 11 premiered in August. The show has been hosted by Big B since the very first season, except for season 3, which was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan. Three contestants have won Rs 1 crore in the 11th season, but no one has won Rs 7 crore until now.