Stand-up comedian Shyam Rangeela might have been eliminated from The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, but a video of his mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral. Though it is specifically this mimicry that landed him a place in the competition in the first place, Rangeela was not allowed to put up the skit at the last moment.

In an interview with The Quint, Shyam Rangeela talks about why he was not allowed to mimic Modi, or for that matter Rahul Gandhi, on the show and how it has affected his career.