Samay
Rai a
do ates
Rs
10
lakh
to
Assam
flood
elief;
CM
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma
tha ks
comedia ,
social
media
use s
u ge
FIR
withd awal
Comedia
Samay
Rai a
has
do ated
Rs
10
lakh
to
the
Assam
Chief
Mi iste ’s
Relief
Fu d
to
suppo t
commu ities
affected
by
the
devastati g
floods
i
the
state.
His
co t ibutio
comes
as
Assam
co ti ues
to
battle
widesp ead
floodi g,
with
thousa ds
of
people
still
eeli g
f om
the
impact
of
the
deluge.Assam
Chief
Mi iste
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma
publicly
ack owledged
Samay
Rai a’s
co t ibutio
a d
tha ked
the
comedia
fo
suppo ti g
the
state’s
elief
effo ts
du i g
the
c isis.The
Assam
Chief
Mi iste ’s
Office
sha ed
a
sc ee shot
of
the
ba k
t a sactio
o
X,
showi g
the
Rs
10
lakh
co t ibutio
made
by
Samay.
The
official
ha dle
w ote,
“HCM
D
@hima tabiswa
ack owledges
the
co t ibutio
of
10
lakh
to
the
Chief
Mi iste ‘s
Relief
Fu d
by
Sh i
Samay
Rai a.”Sa ma
also
took
to
his
pe so al
X
accou t
to
tha k
the
comedia .
“Tha k
you
fo
co t ibuti g
to
ou
elief
effo ts
du i g
this
difficult
time
i
Assam,
Samay!”
the
Assam
CM
w ote.
Assam
floods
leave
ove
1.55
lakh
people
affected
Samay
Rai a’s
do atio
comes
at
a
time
whe
Assam
is
wit essi g
a
seve e
flood
situatio .
Acco di g
to
PTI,
mo e
tha
1.55
lakh
people
emai ed
affected
by
the
floods,
while
the
toll
f om
this
yea ’s
deluge
had
eached
98.As
ma y
as
1,55,849
people
we e
epo tedly
affected
ac oss
the
state.
Golaghat
eme ged
as
the
wo st-hit
dist ict,
with
58,750
people
affected,
followed
by
Sivasaga
a d
Jo hat.
The
umbe
of
people
affected
had
c ossed
1.68
lakh
ac oss
15
dist icts
o
Thu sday.With
seve al
commu ities
co ti ui g
to
deal
with
displaceme t
a d
the
loss
of
homes
a d
livelihoods,
elief
fu ds
a d
do atio s
have
become
c ucial
to
o goi g
escue,
ehabilitatio
a d
ecove y
effo ts.
Bhumi
Ped eka
a d
Ra deep
Hooda
also
pa ticipate
i
Assam
elief
effo ts
Samay’s
co t ibutio
comes
sho tly
afte
acto s
Bhumi
Ped eka
a d
Ra deep
Hooda
t avelled
to
Assam
to
pa ticipate
i
elief
effo ts
fo
people
affected
by
the
floods.While
the
acto s
chose
to
be
i volved
o
the
g ou d,
Samay
has
exte ded
fi a cial
assista ce
th ough
the
Assam
Chief
Mi iste ’s
Relief
Fu d.The
comedia ’s
do atio
has
also
d aw
atte tio
because
of
his
p evious
public
co t ove sy
with
the
Assam
gove me t.
Samay
Rai a
a d
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma’s
past
FIR
co t ove sy
Samay
Rai a’s
co ectio
with
Assam
goes
back
to
the
co t ove sy
su ou di g
his
YouTube
comedy
show
I dia’s
Got
Late t
i
2025.The
show
became
the
ce t e
of
a
majo
co t ove sy
followi g
a
episode
featu i g
YouTube
Ra vee
Allahbadia,
whose
ema ks
t igge ed
widesp ead
c iticism.
Assam
Chief
Mi iste
Hima ta
Biswa
Sa ma
had
publicly
c iticised
the
co te t
a d
a ou ced
that
the
Assam
Police
had
egiste ed
a
FIR
agai st
Rai a,
Allahbadia
a d
othe s
ove
alleged
obsce ity
a d
vulga
discussio s.The
case
added
to
the
legal
a d
public
sc uti y
su ou di g
I dia’s
Got
Late t,
which
was
eve tually
emoved
f om
YouTube
amid
the
co t ove sy.
Social
media
use s
ask
Assam
CM
to
withd aw
Samay
Rai a
FIR
Followi g
Sa ma’s
public
ack owledgeme t
of
Samay
Rai a’s
Rs
10
lakh
do atio ,
some
use s
evisited
the
comedia ’s
ea lie
legal
t oubles
i
Assam.Seve al
comme ts
u de
the
CM’s
post
u ged
him
to
withd aw
the
FIR
agai st
Rai a.
O e
use
w ote,
“Please
withd awal
Samay
bhai’s
case
si ,”
while
a othe
comme ted,
“Please
withd aw
FIR.”Othe s,
howeve ,
focused
o
the
comedia ’s
co t ibutio
to
flood
elief
a d
p aised
him
fo
exte di g
fi a cial
assista ce
to
people
affected
by
the
atu al
disaste .The
do atio
has
the efo e
b ought
the
comedia
a d
the
Assam
Chief
Mi iste
togethe
i
a
u expected
mome t,
despite
thei
ea lie
public
diffe e ces
ove
the
I dia’s
Got
Late t
co t ove sy.Fo
ow,
Samay
Rai a’s
Rs
10
lakh
co t ibutio
is
bei g
viewed
p ima ily
i
the
co text
of
the
u ge t
elief
eeds
i
flood-hit
Assam,
whe e
thousa ds
of
people
co ti ue
to
equi e
assista ce.
