Kapil levelled the bribe allegation in tweets in which he tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking if this was the "achche din" (good days) he had promised.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was quick to respond to Sharma's angst and assured him that strict action would be taken against the culprit.
In another tweet, he wrote, "Yeh hain aapke achhe din? @narendramodi (are these your good days)," referring to Modi's 2014 poll slogan of "good days are ahead".
The post of Sharma, who has over 6.22 million followers on Twitter, was 'retweeted' and 'liked' by thousands on the social media platform.
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Later, Sharma thanked Fadnavis in another tweet saying, "@Dev_Fadnavis thank u so much for ur concern sir.. Would like to come n discuss this matter with u in person .."
However, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official claimed that the actor had made some "illegal construction" at his office in Versova area of suburban Mumbai and had been served a notice regarding the same, but he did not pay heed to it.
"Kapil was then sent a notice by BMC on July 16 to stop or remove the construction, but he didn't reply to it," he said.
Stung by corruption allegations, Shiv Sena, which rules the BMC along with BJP, dared Kapil to name the bribe seeker.
"This is not a comedy show where he can tweet what is going on in his life. He needs to immediately name the person publicly who asked for a bribe or people would watch the whole episode like a comedy drama, laugh over it and forget about it," Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande said.
"Kapil Sharma is a very famous person and thus the moot question he needs to answer is that why would he give the bribe when somebody asked for it. Giving bribe makes him as much of a culprit as the one who asked for it," she added.
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