New Delhi, May 4 -- Ahead of the West Bengal election results, comedian Vir Das posted a clarification about his identity. His Bengali-looking surname is the reason behind the post.

"So, Typically when anything happens in Bengal I get tagged by a bunch of facelesses (that's a word) saying "Look what happened in your Bengal bro". Just putting it out there before today unfolds. My name is Das, but I'm actually not Bengali. I'm half UP half Bihari. Good luck (sic)," Vir Das wrote.

Social media posted some hilarious reactions.

One of them wrote, "What a combo! Half UP, half Bihari."

"Your grandfather is from Bengal. A Padma Shri awardee. So says Wikipedia. How much are you going to run away from your Bengal, bro?" asked another user.

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